HMS Wren XL

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:acquisition Royal_Navy_in_1944
gptkbp:armament 4 x 20 mm Oerlikon cannons
gptkbp:awards Battle Honours
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Harland_and_Wolff
gptkbp:commissioned 1944
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1944-05-01
gptkbp:completed 20 missions
gptkbp:constructedIn Belfast,_Northern_Ireland
gptkbp:crew gptkb:Naval_Academy
50 personnel
gptkbp:debutYear Used for training.
gptkbp:decommissioned 1960
1960-12-31
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:European_Theater
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:died gptkb:HMS_Wren_II
gptkbp:displacement 600 tons
500 tons
gptkbp:enginePower 1200 hp
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalScore Scrapped in 1961
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkb:Captain_Robert_White
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1959
1960-12-01
North_Sea_patrols
gptkbp:firstGeneration 1960.
gptkbp:firstHeld 1958.
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:firstPublished 1955
gptkbp:historicalRole Coastal_defense.
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First ship to use radar in the fleet.
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Wren XL
gptkbp:launched 1943
gptkbp:length 60 meters
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated in D-Day landings
gptkbp:notableFeature Admiral_Richard_Jones
gptkbp:notableOperations Anti-piracy missions.
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn Operation Neptune
gptkbp:productionYears 1944-1960
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:range 3000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Wren_II
gptkbp:retired 1960
gptkbp:role Patrol vessel
gptkbp:secondaryMission 1960-11-30
Anti-submarine warfare
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Wren
gptkbp:speed 20 knots
gptkbp:status scrapped
gptkbp:type Wren-class ship
gptkbp:usedFor Training exercises