HMS Widgeon (M 54)

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament machine guns
gptkbp:awardedBy gptkb:NATO_Medal
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class M-class
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1954
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:crewSize 50
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1980
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalScore scrapped in 1981
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_Jane_Doe
gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1980
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Widgeon (M 54)
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:launched Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Lieutenant_Tom_Brown
gptkbp:notableArtists gptkb:Captain_Richard_Roe
gptkbp:notableEvent Operation Black Buck
participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:notableOperations Exercise Lionheart
gptkbp:operates gptkb:HMS_Bicester
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus retired
gptkbp:participatedIn Operation Grapple
gptkbp:productionYears 1954-1980
gptkbp:propulsion diesel engines
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Atherstone
modern minesweepers
gptkbp:retirementYear 1980
gptkbp:secondaryMission mine clearance
gptkbp:secondaryRole patrol
minesweeping
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Navy_Command
gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_55)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:trainingExercises Joint Warrior
gptkbp:type M-class minesweeper