HMS Widgeon (M 58)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Widgeon_%28M_58%29
GPTKB entity
Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 20 mm guns
1 x 40 mm gun
minesweeping gear
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Harland_and_Wolff
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minesweeper
gptkbp:commissioned 1954
gptkbp:crew 50
gptkbp:decommissioned 1980
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:English_Channel
gptkb:Suez_Canal
gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Baltic_Sea
gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkb:Dardanelles
gptkb:Gulf_of_Aden
gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:Persian_Gulf
gptkb:Red_Sea
gptkb:South_China_Sea
gptkb:Bosporus_Strait
gptkb:Arctic_Ocean
gptkb:Norwegian_Sea
gptkb:Celtic_Sea
gptkb:Irish_Sea
Strait of Malacca
Bay of Biscay
Strait of Gibraltar
Strait of Hormuz
North_Atlantic
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Widgeon (M 58)
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:notableEvent conducted training exercises with other navies
assisted in search and rescue operations
took part in anti-piracy operations
participated_in_NATO_exercises
served_in_the_Cold_War
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:HMS_Widgeon_(M_57)
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_57)
gptkb:HMS_Woodlark_(M_59)
gptkb:HMS_Widgeon_(M_60)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Widgeon_(M_60)
gptkbp:type M-class minesweeper