HMS Wren (M 75)

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 4 x 20 mm Oerlikon guns
gptkbp:awards Battle Honours
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Harland_and_Wolff
gptkbp:class M-class minesweeper
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_James_Brown
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_Robert_Green
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
1944
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Belfast
gptkbp:crew 50 personnel
Royal_Navy_training_exercises
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:English_Channel
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:North_Sea
1945
mine clearance operations
gptkbp:disbanded 1950
gptkbp:displacement standard
600 tons
gptkbp:engine 2
gptkbp:engineType diesel-electric
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstPublished 1944
gptkbp:historical_significance first minesweeper to use sonar
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Wren (M 75)
gptkbp:launched 1943
gptkbp:length 180 ft
gptkbp:notable_event assisted in D-Day landings
participated_in_Operation_Neptune
swept_mines_in_the_English_Channel
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operational_status decommissioned
gptkbp:operationalRange limited by fuel capacity
gptkbp:origin Wren bird
gptkbp:participatesIn Operation Overlord
Operation Dragoon
gptkbp:propulsion diesel engines
gptkbp:range 1,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Wren_(M_75)_II
modern minesweepers
gptkbp:retired 1946
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
Admiralty
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Widgeon_(M_76)
gptkbp:speed 20 knots
gptkbp:type minesweeper