HMS Widgeon (M 131)

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
1 x 20 mm Oerlikon gun
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Ton-class
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1954
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin Widgeon bird
gptkbp:crew 40
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1990
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Baltic_Sea
gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:Persian_Gulf
gptkb:Southeast_Asia
gptkb:Falkland_Islands
South_Atlantic
West_Africa
Northern_Europe
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Widgeon (M 131)
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:launched Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:notableEvent Engaged in training exercises
Assisted in humanitarian missions
Conducted anti-piracy operations
Supported naval operations
Participated_in_Gulf_War_preparations
gptkbp:operationalArea European_waters
gptkbp:participatedIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS Penzance (M 107)
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:English_Channel
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:services gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_130)
HMS_Woodlark_(M_132)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:type gptkb:Minehunter