HMS Widgeon (M 47)

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament machine guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NATO_Medal
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Harland_and_Wolff
gptkbp:class M-class minesweeper
gptkbp:commissionDate 1954
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:completed 1954
gptkbp:constructedIn Belfast,_Northern_Ireland
gptkbp:crew 50 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1980
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
humanitarian missions
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_Jane_Doe
gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1980
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:firstPublished 1965
gptkbp:historicalRole Cold_War_minesweeping
gptkbp:historicalSignificance minesweeping operations
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Widgeon (M 47)
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Lady_Margaret
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:navalFleet gptkb:Royal_Navy_Fleet
gptkbp:nickname Widgeon
gptkbp:notableArtists gptkb:Captain_Richard_Roe
gptkbp:notableEvent participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalRole anti-mine warfare
gptkbp:operationalStatus decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn Operation Grapple
gptkbp:productionYears 26 years
gptkbp:replacedBy modern minesweepers
HMS_Quorn_(M_48)
gptkbp:role minesweeping
gptkbp:secondaryMission training exercises
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
Admiralty
gptkbp:serviceYears 1980
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_48)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Widgeon_(M_47)_II
gptkbp:trainingExercises Joint Warrior