HMS Widgeon (M 50)

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
gptkb:Birkenhead,_England
gptkbp:class Ton-class
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkb:Royal_Navy
1954
gptkbp:crew 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Portsmouth
1980
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Falkland_Islands
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_John_Smith
gptkb:Lieutenant_David_Jones
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1980
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Widgeon (M 50)
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:launched Lady Widgeon
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:nickname None known
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:notableFeature Mine_clearance_in_the_North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:previousName nan
gptkbp:productionYears 1954-1980
gptkbp:propulsion Screw propulsion
gptkbp:radar Type 1007 radar
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Cattistock
Modern minehunters
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondaryMission Mine clearance operations
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Navy_Reserve
gptkbp:serviceYears 26 years
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Wren
gptkbp:sonar Type 2020 sonar
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Cattistock
gptkbp:type gptkb:Minehunter