HMS Widgeon (M 70)

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 20 mm guns
1 x 40 mm gun
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Lloyds_Register
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:class M-class minesweeper
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1954
gptkbp:crew Leadership skills
First aid
Physical fitness
Survival training
Weapons handling
Emergency procedures
Teamwork exercises
Damage control
Minesweeping tactics
Navigation_skills
gptkbp:crewSize 50 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1980
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Sierra_Leone
gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Persian_Gulf
gptkb:Falkland_Islands
gptkb:Bosnia
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finaleDate gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_Jane_Doe
gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1980
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Widgeon (M 70)
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:maxRange 3000 nautical miles
gptkbp:motto To Seek and to Save
gptkbp:nickname Widgeon
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS_Widgeon_(M_70)_(second_ship)
gptkbp:role Minesweeping
gptkbp:secondaryMission 1980
Successful
Mine clearance operations
gptkbp:services gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_71)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor HMS_Widgeon_(M_70)_(second_ship)