HMS Wight (M 139)

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament machine guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Harland_and_Wolff
gptkbp:built gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:UK
1981
gptkbp:class M-class minesweeper
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1954
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Belfast
gptkbp:crew Royal_Navy_training
gptkbp:crewSize 40 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1980
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:design British_design
gptkbp:displacement 500 tons
standard displacement
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_J._Smith
gptkb:Commander_A._Brown
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1980
gptkbp:firstPublished not recommissioned
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Cold_War_era_operations
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Wight (M 139)
gptkbp:launchDate 1953
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Lady_Wight
gptkbp:length 50 meters
gptkbp:maxRange 2000 nautical miles
gptkbp:motto “In_the_Service_of_Peace”
gptkbp:nickname Wight
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Grapple
gptkbp:operatedBy 1980
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:North_Sea
gptkbp:operationalStatus retired
gptkbp:participatedIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:primaryFunction mine countermeasures
patrol duties
gptkbp:productionYears 1954 to 1980
gptkbp:propulsion diesel engine
gptkbp:replacedBy HMS Quorn
gptkbp:role minesweeping
gptkbp:servedIn Royal_Navy_fleet
gptkbp:serviceYears 26 years
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Wensleydale
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:status scrapped