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Courageous-class battlecruisers
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Courageous-class_battlecruisers
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
light cruiser
gptkbp:armament
2 × 18-inch guns (Furious, as built)
4 × 15-inch guns (Courageous, Glorious)
gptkbp:builtYear
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:commissioned
1916
gptkbp:convertedTo
gptkb:ship
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:designedBy
gptkb:Sir_Eustace_Tennyson_d'Eyncourt
Admiral Lord Fisher
gptkbp:displacement
19100 tons (standard)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Courageous-class battlecruisers
gptkbp:length
786 ft (HMS Furious)
gptkbp:nickname
large light cruisers
gptkbp:notableEvent
HMS Courageous sunk by U-29 in 1939
HMS Furious served as aircraft carrier in WWII
HMS Glorious sunk in 1940
gptkbp:numberOfShips
3
gptkbp:operator
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:precededBy
Renown-class battlecruisers
gptkbp:purpose
designed for Baltic Project operations
gptkbp:shipsInClass
gptkb:HMS_Courageous
gptkb:HMS_Furious
gptkb:HMS_Glorious
gptkbp:speed
32 knots
gptkbp:successor
no direct successor
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:HMS_Glorious
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6