HMS Widgeon (M 41)

GPTKB entity

Properties (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 20 mm Oerlikon guns
1 x 4-inch gun
gptkbp:beam 30 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Widgeon-class minesweeper
gptkbp:commissioned 1943
gptkbp:crew 50
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
gptkbp:draft 9 ft
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap in 1960
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Widgeon (M 41)
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 180 ft
gptkbp:notable_event Conducted post-war minesweeping operations
Assisted_in_the_Normandy_landings
Participated_in_Operation_Neptune
Served_in_the_English_Channel
gptkbp:role Minesweeping
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Widgeon_(M_41)
gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_40)
HMS_Woodcock_(M_42)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Widgeon_(M_41)