British ship Vanguard

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ship
gptkbp:armament 8 × 15-inch guns
gptkbp:armor 12 inches
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built 1910
gptkbp:class gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned 1946
gptkbp:crewSize 1,200
gptkbp:deathPlace Dismantled in 1960
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkbp:died gptkb:HMS_Eagle
gptkbp:displacement 20,000 tons
gptkbp:famousFor Naval artillery
gptkbp:famousRival gptkb:Battle_of_Taranto
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1944
1955
gptkbp:firstPublished 1946
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 20th century
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Post-war naval power
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:Devonport
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British ship Vanguard
gptkbp:launched 1910
gptkbp:length 186 meters
gptkbp:nickname The Mighty Vanguard
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Cunningham
gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
Heavy armor
Battle Honours
Collision_with_HMS_Cossack
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalRole Battleship
gptkbp:operationalStatus decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn D-Day landings
gptkbp:productionYears 1946-1960
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:range 12,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkbp:revenue 1960
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:King_George_VI
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:services 1955
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Queen_Elizabeth
gptkbp:speed 23 knots