HMS Widgeon (M 77)

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 20 mm guns
1 x 40 mm gun
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NATO_Medal
gptkb:Long_Service_and_Good_Conduct_Medal
gptkb:South_Atlantic_Medal
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Lloyds_Register
gptkbp:built gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class M-class minesweeper
gptkbp:commissioned 1954
Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:crewSize 50 personnel
gptkbp:currentStatus scrapped
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1980
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Falkland_Islands
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_John_Smith
gptkb:Commander_Jane_Doe
gptkbp:historicalSignificance minesweeping operations
British_naval_history
Cold_War_naval_strategy
NATO_cooperation
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Widgeon (M 77)
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:launched Mrs._Smith
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:nickname Widgeon
gptkbp:notableEvent participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkbp:propulsion diesel engines
gptkbp:range 3000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Widgeon_(M_77)_II
gptkbp:role minesweeping
gptkbp:secondaryMission training exercises
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
Post-Cold War
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_78)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Widgeon_(M_77)_II