HMS Widgeon (M 65)

GPTKB entity

Properties (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 20 mm guns
1 x 40 mm gun
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Lloyds_Register
gptkbp:built gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class M-class minesweeper
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1954
gptkbp:communicationEquipment Radio communication system
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:crew 50 personnel
gptkbp:crewCapacity 50 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1980
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
Standard displacement
gptkbp:draft 2.5 meters
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal 30 personnel
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_Jane_Doe
gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1980
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:Portsmouth_Naval_Base
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Widgeon (M 65)
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:nickname Widgeon
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalHistory Cold War era
gptkbp:operationalRole Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn Humanitarian missions
Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:productionYears 1954-1980
gptkbp:propulsion Screw propulsion
gptkbp:radar Surface search radar
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Widgeon_(M_65)_II
gptkbp:revenue 1980
gptkbp:role Minesweeping
gptkbp:secondaryMission Mine clearance operations
Mine clearance
gptkbp:sensors Sonar_system
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:serviceYears 26 years
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_66)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Widgeon_(M_65)_II
gptkbp:supportRole Naval training vessel