Dido-class light cruiser

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:cruiser
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Town-class_light_cruiser
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 1 × Supermarine Seafire
1 × Vought F4 U Corsair
1 × Fairey Fulmar
gptkbp:armament 4 × 21 in torpedo tubes
6 × 5.25 in guns
8 × 2 pdr guns
8 × 4 in guns
gptkbp:beam 66 ft
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1940
1945
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:starship
gptkbp:crew gptkb:television_series
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1956
gptkbp:designed_by Bureau of Construction and Repair
gptkbp:displacement 5,500 tons
gptkbp:draft_year 24 ft
gptkbp:fate scrapped
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dido-class light cruiser
gptkbp:length 613 ft
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:HMS_Birmingham
gptkb:HMS_Euryalus
gptkb:HMS_Ceylon
gptkb:HMS_Cleopatra
gptkb:HMS_Dido
gptkb:HMS_Black_Prince
gptkb:HMS_Bellona
gptkb:HMS_Mauritius
gptkbp:number_built 8
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × shafts
2 × Parsons turbines
4 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
gptkbp:radar gptkb:Type_281_radar
gptkb:Type_285_radar
gptkbp:range 1,500 nautical miles at 20 knots
gptkbp:replaced_by Leander-class cruiser
gptkbp:role escort
fire support
anti-aircraft warfare
gptkbp:services gptkb:1940
gptkb:1956
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Birmingham
gptkb:HMS_Euryalus
gptkb:HMS_Ceylon
gptkb:HMS_Cleopatra
gptkb:HMS_Black_Prince
gptkb:HMS_Bellona
gptkb:HMS_Mauritius
gptkbp:sonar Type 147 sonar
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Town-class_cruiser