Dido-class

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf naval ship class
gptkbp:armament 4 × 21 in torpedo tubes
8 × 2 pdr guns
8 × 4 in guns
6 × 5 in guns
gptkbp:beam 66 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Vickers
gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkb:Harland_and_Wolff
gptkb:Fairfield_Shipbuilding_and_Engineering_Company
gptkbp:class high speed
multi-role capabilities
air defense capabilities
anti-submarine warfare capabilities
lightly armored
modernized during service
anti-surface warfare capabilities
command ship capabilities
good seakeeping
versatile armament
gptkbp:commissioned 1940
gptkbp:crew 600 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1960
gptkbp:designedBy Bureau_of_Construction_and_Repair
gptkbp:displacement 5,500 tons
gptkbp:draft 22 feet
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:hasMember 8
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dido-class
gptkbp:launched 1939
gptkbp:length 613 feet
gptkbp:notable_alumni gptkb:HMS_Euryalus
gptkb:HMS_Cleopatra
gptkb:HMS_Bellona
HMS Dido
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × Parsons turbines
4 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
gptkbp:radar Type 281 radar
Type 285 radar
gptkbp:services 1940-1960
gptkbp:sonar Type 147 sonar
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:successor C-class cruiser
gptkbp:type light cruiser