HMS Woodpecker

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Woodpecker
GPTKB entity
Properties (37)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 2 × 40 mm Bofors guns
4 × 4.5 inch guns
8 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
gptkbp:beam 33 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1943
gptkbp:complement 150 crew members
gptkbp:crew officers and sailors
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 1,050 tons
gptkbp:draft 9 feet
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Woodpecker
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 265 feet
gptkbp:nickname Woodpecker
gptkbp:notable_event anti-submarine warfare operations
participated in Operation Overlord
convoy escort duties
supported D-Day landings
patrol_duties_in_the_English_Channel
gptkbp:propulsion diesel engines
gptkbp:range 3,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Woodpecker_III
gptkb:HMS_Woodpecker_IV
gptkb:HMS_Woodpecker_II
HMS Woodcock
HMS Woodlark
gptkbp:speed 20 knots
gptkbp:status scrapped in 1950
gptkbp:type Woodpecker-class sloop