Courageous-class

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMS_Courageous
gptkbp:aircraft_operated up to 6 aircraft
gptkbp:armament 8 × 15 in guns
gptkbp:armor 6 in
gptkbp:artistic_influence influenced future British warship designs.
gptkbp:commander Admiral Sir Dudley Pound.
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1917
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:crew 800
gptkbp:decommissioned 1948
gptkbp:design to counter German battlecruisers.
gptkbp:designed_by gptkb:starship
gptkbp:displacement 31,100 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
scrapped in 1950.
gptkbp:historical_context developed during the interwar period.
gptkbp:historical_significance first British battlecruisers to be built after World War I.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Courageous-class
gptkbp:launched 1916
gptkbp:legacy remains a significant class in naval history.
gptkbp:length 860 ft
gptkbp:name gptkb:HMS_Courageous
gptkb:HMS_Glorious
gptkb:HMS_Furious
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Norwegian_Campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_Jutland
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkbp:notable_features high speed and heavy armament.
gptkbp:notable_ships 4 × 21 in tubes
gptkbp:number_built gptkb:3
gptkbp:operational_history served in various naval operations.
gptkbp:operational_range Atlantic and Mediterranean.
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar gptkb:Type_281_radar
gptkbp:range 5,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:retirement_year post-war naval reductions.
gptkbp:role fleet action
fleet reconnaissance.
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:services 1948.
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Tiger
gptkb:HMS_Repulse
Renown-class
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:successor Renown-class
gptkbp:type gptkb:battle