HMS M 159

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
torpedo tubes
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:commissionDate 1944-06-01
gptkbp:commissioned Admiralty
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:crew 1950
gptkbp:crewSize 60
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1946-01-01
gptkbp:defeated scrap yard
enemy vessels
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:died gptkb:HMS_M_160
gptkbp:displacement 1,000 tons
gptkbp:engineDisplacement gptkb:Plymouth_Dockyard
6 months
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_C._D._Brown
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_A._B._Jones
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1946
gptkbp:firstPublished 1951
gptkbp:historicalSignificance part of the M-class submarines
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS M 159
gptkbp:launchDate 1944-01-01
gptkbp:launched Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:length 66.8 meters
gptkbp:maxSpeed 20 knots
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_John_Smith
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Operation_Blackcock
gptkb:Operation_Goodwood
Operation Market Garden
Operation Overlord
Operation Dragoon
Operation Charnwood
Operation Neptune
Operation Plunder
Operation Varsity
Operation Veritable
gptkbp:numberOfTeams 6
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalStatus decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn anti-submarine warfare
reconnaissance missions
convoy escort missions
gptkbp:productionYears 1944-1946
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:sequel scrapped in 1958
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_M_160
HMS M 158
gptkbp:type gptkb:Submarine