HMS Widgeon (M 98)

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:beam 10 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built Birkenhead
gptkbp:class gptkb:Minehunter
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1981
gptkbp:crew 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
2001
2001-03-31
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
gptkbp:electronicSystems Sonar_system
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Commander_John_Smith
gptkb:Lieutenant_David_Jones
gptkb:Commander_Sarah_Brown
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1981
2000
2001
gptkbp:flag gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:HMNB_Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Widgeon (M 98)
gptkbp:launchDate 1980
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Lady_Smith
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:maxRange 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:navalFleet Mine Countermeasures Vessels
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Operation_Granby
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
Decommissioned
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Fishery_Protection_Squadron
gptkbp:primaryMission Mine clearance
gptkbp:productionYears 1981-2001
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Shoreham_(M_112)
gptkbp:role Mine countermeasures
gptkbp:secondaryMission Mine clearance operations
gptkbp:services M 98
gptkbp:serviceType Naval mine warfare
gptkbp:serviceYears 21 years
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Cottesmore_(M_30)
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:successor HMS Penzance (M 107)
gptkbp:supportRole Naval cadet training
gptkbp:survivability Designed for shallow waters