|
gptkbp:instanceOf
|
gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
|
|
gptkbp:armament
|
2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
1 x 40 mm Bofors gun
|
|
gptkbp:builder
|
gptkb:Harland_and_Wolff
Belfast,_Northern_Ireland
|
|
gptkbp:class
|
M-class minesweeper
|
|
gptkbp:commissioned
|
gptkb:Royal_Navy
1954
|
|
gptkbp:constructedIn
|
1950s
|
|
gptkbp:crewSize
|
50 personnel
|
|
gptkbp:decommissioned
|
1980
1980-01-01
1980s
|
|
gptkbp:deployedTo
|
gptkb:Cold_War
|
|
gptkbp:displacement
|
500 tons
|
|
gptkbp:fate
|
sold for scrap
|
|
gptkbp:finalScore
|
Scrapped
|
|
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer
|
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_John_Smith
gptkb:Commander_Jane_Doe
|
|
gptkbp:firstDeployment
|
1980
|
|
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
|
Cold_War_era_operations
|
|
gptkbp:homePort
|
gptkb:Portsmouth
|
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
|
HMS Widgeon (M 78)
|
|
gptkbp:knownFor
|
Minesweeping capabilities
|
|
gptkbp:launchDate
|
1953
|
|
gptkbp:length
|
50 meters
|
|
gptkbp:nickname
|
Widgeon
|
|
gptkbp:notableEvent
|
Participated_in_NATO_exercises
|
|
gptkbp:operatedBy
|
gptkb:Royal_Navy
|
|
gptkbp:operationalArea
|
gptkb:North_Sea
|
|
gptkbp:operationalStatus
|
Decommissioned
|
|
gptkbp:participatedIn
|
gptkb:Falklands_War
|
|
gptkbp:productionYears
|
26 years
|
|
gptkbp:propulsion
|
gptkb:Diesel_engines
|
|
gptkbp:replacedBy
|
gptkb:HMS_Quorn_(M_41)
Modern minesweepers
|
|
gptkbp:role
|
Minesweeping
|
|
gptkbp:secondaryMission
|
Training mission
|
|
gptkbp:servedIn
|
gptkb:Royal_Navy_Reserve
Admiralty
|
|
gptkbp:serviceYears
|
1954-1980
|
|
gptkbp:significantEvent
|
Mine clearance operations
|
|
gptkbp:sisterShip
|
gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_79)
|
|
gptkbp:speed
|
15 knots
|
|
gptkbp:usedFor
|
Training exercises
|