HMS Widgeon (M 62)

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
1 x 40 mm gun
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Harland_and_Wolff
gptkbp:built Belfast,_Northern_Ireland
gptkbp:class M-class minesweeper
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1954
gptkbp:crewSize 50 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1980
1980-01-01
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal 30 personnel
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped in 1981
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_John_Smith
gptkb:Commander_Jane_Doe
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1980
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
Gibraltar
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:Royal_Naval_Base_Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Widgeon (M 62)
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:launched Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:notableEvent Conducted mine clearance operations
Assisted in fishery protection
Participated_in_NATO_exercises
Served_in_the_Persian_Gulf
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Shader
Operation Telic
Operation Shader II
Operation Grapple
Operation Shader III
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:North_Sea
gptkb:Persian_Gulf
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engines
gptkbp:range 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS Penzance (M 106)
gptkbp:secondaryMission Training exercises
gptkbp:secondaryRole Patrol vessel
Mine warfare
gptkbp:serviceYears 1954-1980
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_63)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:status scrapped