HMS Widgeon (M 93)

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament machine guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built Birkenhead
gptkbp:class M-class minesweeper
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1954
gptkbp:crew Royal_Navy_training_exercises
gptkbp:crewSize 50
gptkbp:decommissioned 1980
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:design Minesweeper_design
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
standard displacement
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalScore scrapped in 1981
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_Jane_Doe
gptkb:Captain_John_Doe
gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1980
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Cold_War_era_operations
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Widgeon (M 93)
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:launched Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:motto Swift_and_Sure
gptkbp:nickname Widgeon
gptkbp:notableEvent participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalStatus retired
European_waters
gptkbp:productionYears 1954-1980
gptkbp:propulsion diesel engines
gptkbp:range 3000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Atherstone
modern minesweepers
gptkbp:retirementYear 1980
gptkbp:secondaryMission patrol duties
gptkbp:secondaryRole patrol
minesweeping
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:services gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:serviceYears 27 years
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_94)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:status scrapped