HMS Woodpecker III

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 4 x 4 inch guns
gptkbp:awards Battle Honours
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Harland_and_Wolff
gptkbp:built gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:class Woodpecker-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1943
Admiralty
gptkbp:completed 1943
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Belfast
gptkbp:crew 150 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
North_Atlantic
gptkbp:died HMS_Woodpecker_V
gptkbp:displacement 800 tons
Standard displacement
gptkbp:engineType Coal-fired boiler
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
Scrapped in 1947
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
Captain_Robert_Green
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Anti-submarine operations
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Woodpecker III
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 60 meters
gptkbp:name gptkb:HMS_Woodpecker_III
gptkbp:nickname Woodpecker
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:operationalArea European_waters
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:operations gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:participatedIn D-Day landings
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbine
gptkbp:radar Type 271 radar
gptkbp:range 5000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Woodpecker_IV
gptkbp:role Anti-submarine warfare
gptkbp:secondaryMission Patrol duties
gptkbp:servedIn Royal_Navy_fleet
gptkbp:services gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:serviceYears 1946
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Woodpecker_II
gptkbp:sonar Type 147 sonar
gptkbp:speed 20 knots
gptkbp:type Woodpecker-class vessel