HMS Widgeon (M 67)

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 1 x 40 mm Bofors gun
2 x 20 mm Oerlikon guns
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Harland_and_Wolff
Belfast,_Northern_Ireland
gptkbp:class Minesweeper_class
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1954
gptkbp:communicationEquipment Radio equipment
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin Widgeon bird
gptkbp:crew 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1980
1980-01-01
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
Standard displacement
Full load displacement
gptkbp:draft 2.5 meters
gptkbp:electronicSystems Radar_system
Sonar_system
gptkbp:engineType Diesel-electric
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkbp:firstDeployment gptkb:Portsmouth
1980
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Post-war naval strategy
Mine warfare tactics
Cold_War_naval_operations
Royal_Navy_modernization
NATO_collaboration
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Widgeon (M 67)
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:launched Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:maxRange 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:numberOfStudents 2
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engines
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS_Quorn_(M_48)
gptkbp:role Minesweeping
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Falklands_War
Admiralty
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_66)
gptkb:HMS_Woodlark_(M_68)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:supportRole Naval training vessel
gptkbp:type M-class minesweeper