HMS M259

GPTKB entity

Properties (61)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 20 mm Oerlikon guns
1 x 4-inch gun
gptkbp:beam 30 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:commissioned 1940
gptkbp:crew approximately 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS M259
gptkbp:launched 1940
gptkbp:length 180 feet
gptkbp:notable_event participated_in_Operation_Neptune
swept_mines_in_the_English_Channel
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_M268
gptkb:HMS_M278
gptkb:HMS_M290
gptkb:HMS_M292
gptkb:HMS_M281
gptkb:HMS_M298
gptkb:HMS_M272
gptkb:HMS_M287
gptkb:HMS_M258
gptkb:HMS_M269
gptkb:HMS_M279
gptkb:HMS_M294
gptkb:HMS_M295
gptkb:HMS_M282
gptkb:HMS_M271
gptkb:HMS_M260
gptkb:HMS_M288
gptkb:HMS_M265
gptkb:HMS_M274
gptkb:HMS_M297
gptkb:HMS_M300
gptkb:HMS_M286
HMS M261
HMS M262
HMS M263
HMS M264
HMS M266
HMS M267
HMS M270
HMS M273
HMS M275
HMS M276
HMS M277
HMS M280
HMS M283
HMS M284
HMS M285
HMS M289
HMS M291
HMS M293
HMS M296
HMS M299
gptkbp:speed 12 knots
gptkbp:type M-class minesweeper