HMS Wren LX

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Wren_LX
GPTKB entity
Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 4 × 4.5 in guns
8 × 40 mm Bofors guns
10 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class W-class destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1944
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:crewSize 200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 1,750 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal Scrapped in 1950
gptkbp:firstPublished 1944
1946
gptkbp:flag White Ensign
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Anti-submarine warfare
Naval gunfire support
Convoy protection
Escort_duties
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Wren LX
gptkbp:launched 1943
gptkbp:length 362 ft
gptkbp:motto nan
gptkbp:name gptkb:HMS_Wren
gptkbp:nickname nan
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:participatedIn Operation Overlord
D-Day landings
Operation Neptune
gptkbp:rank Scrap
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Daring_(D32)
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip HMS_Wren_(D44)
gptkbp:speed 36 knots
gptkbp:type gptkb:Destroyer