HMS Widgeon (M 80)

GPTKB entity

Properties (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 1 x 20 mm gun
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissionDate 1981-03-20
gptkbp:commissioned Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:crew 40
Conducted training exercises
gptkbp:decommissioned 2001
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 2001-03-30
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
500 tons
gptkbp:draft 3 meters
gptkbp:electronicSystems Sonar_and_radar
gptkbp:enginePower 2,000 hp
gptkbp:environmentalImpact Pollution control operations
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped in 2004
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_James_Brown
gptkb:Commander_John_Smith
gptkbp:firstDeployment 2000
gptkbp:flag White Ensign
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Part of naval history
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:England
gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Widgeon (M 80)
gptkbp:internationalExercises Participated in joint exercises
gptkbp:launchDate 1980-06-12
gptkbp:length 52 meters
gptkbp:maxRange 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:motto To Seek and to Save
gptkbp:nickname Widge
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalHistory Served in various conflicts
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:productionYears 1981-2001
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Shoreham_(M_112)
Modern minehunters
gptkbp:retirementYear Aging fleet
gptkbp:secondaryMission Mine clearance operations
gptkbp:secondaryRole Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Cattistock_(M_31)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor HMS Penzance (M 107)
gptkbp:supportRole Naval training vessel
gptkbp:yearBuilt 1980