HMS Snowdrop (M 83)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 4 × 4 in guns
2 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
gptkbp:beam 10.1 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Smiths_Dock_Company
gptkb:South_Bank,_England
gptkbp:built 1946-01-01
gptkbp:class Flower-class corvette
gptkbp:commissioned 1943
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1943-01-01
gptkbp:complement 85 crew members
gptkbp:crew approximately 85 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
1945-01-01
gptkbp:displacement standard
1,080 tons
full load
gptkbp:draft 3.1 meters
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Snowdrop (M 83)
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 62.5 meters
gptkbp:notableEvent anti-submarine warfare operations
convoy escort duties
D-Day landings support
participated_in_the_Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Overlord
Operation Dragoon
Operation Neptune
anti-invasion patrols
escort for troopships
gptkbp:performedBy 1945-01-01
gptkbp:propulsion diesel engines
diesel-electric
gptkbp:range 3,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:role escort vessel
gptkbp:serviceHistory Royal_Navy_1942-1945
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip HMS_Snowflake_(M_84)
gptkbp:speed 16 knots