HMS Widgeon (M 81)

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 10.1 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Ton-class minesweeper
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1953
gptkbp:complement 40 crew members
gptkbp:crewCapacity 40 crew members
gptkbp:decommissioned 1970
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:North_Sea
Far_East
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
gptkbp:draft 2.9 meters
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal Sold for scrap in 1970
gptkbp:height 2.9 meters
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Widgeon (M 81)
gptkbp:launched 1952
gptkbp:length 51.5 meters
gptkbp:lengthOverall 51.5 meters
gptkbp:maxSpeed 15 knots
gptkbp:motto nan
gptkbp:nickname Widgeon
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Grapple
Cold_War_patrols
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
European_waters
British_waters
gptkbp:operationalHistory Served in various conflicts
gptkbp:primaryFunction Patrol duties
Minesweeping operations
gptkbp:propulsion Screw propulsion
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Widgeon_(M_81)_II
gptkbp:role Minesweeping
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:services 1953
1970
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_80)
gptkb:HMS_Widgeon_(M_81)_II
gptkb:HMS_Woodlark_(M_82)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:status Scrapped
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Widgeon_(M_81)_II
gptkbp:type gptkb:Minesweeper
gptkbp:width 10.1 meters
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1952
1953
1970