HMS Poppy

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 20 mm Oerlikon guns
4 x 4-inch guns
gptkbp:beam 10.1 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Smiths_Dock_Company
Middlesbrough,_England
gptkbp:casualties None known
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1944
gptkbp:crew 85 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
1945-01-01
gptkbp:deployedTo North_Atlantic
gptkbp:displacement 1,080 tons
gptkbp:draft 3.1 meters
gptkbp:engagements Convoy escort missions
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal Scrapped in 1946
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_J._R._Brown
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:historicalRole Anti-submarine warfare vessel
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Part_of_the_Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Poppy
gptkbp:launchDate 1943-05-01
gptkbp:launched 1943
gptkbp:length 62.5 meters
gptkbp:nickname None known
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_A._J._Smith
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:primaryFunction Patrol vessel
Escort_vessel
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:radar Type 271 radar
gptkbp:range 3,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:role Anti-submarine warfare
gptkbp:secondaryMission Numerous convoy escorts
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
1945
gptkbp:serviceYears 1944-1945
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Peony
gptkbp:sonar Type 147 sonar
gptkbp:speed 16 knots
gptkbp:type Flower-class corvette