HMS Widgeon (M 43)

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 20 mm guns
1 x 40 mm gun
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Harland_and_Wolff
gptkbp:built gptkb:Royal_Navy
1981
gptkbp:class M-class minesweeper
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1954
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Belfast
gptkbp:crew naval cadets
gptkbp:crewSize 50
gptkbp:decommissioned 1980
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Cold_War
Operation Grapple
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
500 tons
400 tons
gptkbp:draft 3 meters
gptkbp:electronicSystems sonar and radar
gptkbp:enginePower 2000 hp
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_John_Smith
gptkb:Commander_Jane_Doe
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1980
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:firstPublished 1975
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Cold_War_naval_operations
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Widgeon (M 43)
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:launched Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:maxRange 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:nickname Widgeon
gptkbp:notableEvent participated_in_the_Falklands_War
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalRole mine countermeasures
gptkbp:operationalStatus retired
gptkbp:participatedIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:productionYears 26 years
gptkbp:propulsion diesel engine
gptkbp:replacedBy modern minesweepers
gptkbp:retirementYear 1980
gptkbp:role minesweeping
gptkbp:secondaryMission training exercises
gptkbp:servedIn British_waters
gptkbp:serviceYears 1954-1980
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_44)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots