HMS Widgeon (M 34)

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 1 x 40 mm Bofors gun
2 x 20 mm Oerlikon guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class M-class
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1954
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:crew 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1980
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
mine clearance operations
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalScore scrapped in 1981
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Commander_Jane_Doe
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1980
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:firstPublished not applicable
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Cold_War_era_operations
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Widgeon (M 34)
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:launched Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:maxRange 3000 nautical miles
gptkbp:nickname Widgeon
gptkbp:notableEvent participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operates gptkb:NATO_forces
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus retired
gptkbp:participatedIn humanitarian missions
gptkbp:productionYears 1954-1980
gptkbp:propulsion diesel engines
gptkbp:replacedBy modern minesweepers
gptkbp:retirementYear 1980
gptkbp:role minesweeping
gptkbp:servedIn British_fleet
gptkbp:services gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:significantEvent Gulf_War_support
gptkbp:sisterShip HMS_Wren_(M_33)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:supportRole cadet training
gptkbp:type M-class minesweeper