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Dido-class light cruiser
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Dido-class_light_cruiser
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:ship
light cruiser
gptkbp:armament
5.25 inch dual-purpose guns
gptkbp:builder
gptkb:Harland_and_Wolff
gptkb:John_Brown_&_Company
gptkb:Vickers-Armstrongs
gptkb:Swan_Hunter
gptkb:Fairfield_Shipbuilding_and_Engineering_Company
gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkb:R._and_W._Hawthorn,_Leslie_and_Company
gptkb:Hawthorn_Leslie_and_Company
gptkb:Scotts_Shipbuilding_and_Engineering_Company
gptkbp:class
anti-aircraft cruiser
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:crew
480
gptkbp:decommissioned
1950s
gptkbp:displacement
5,600 tons (standard)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Dido-class light cruiser
gptkbp:introduced
1940
gptkbp:length
512 ft
gptkbp:notableAction
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Mediterranean
gptkb:Battle_of_Crete
gptkb:Malta_Convoys
gptkbp:notableShip
gptkb:HMS_Cleopatra
gptkb:HMS_Royalist
gptkb:HMS_Euryalus
gptkb:HMS_Phoebe
gptkb:HMS_Sirius
gptkb:HMS_Bonaventure
gptkb:HMS_Dido
gptkb:HMS_Hermione
gptkb:HMS_Naiad
gptkb:HMS_Scylla
gptkb:HMS_Bellona
gptkb:HMS_Black_Prince
gptkb:HMS_Diadem
gptkb:HMS_Spartan
gptkb:HMS_Argonaut
gptkb:HMS_Charybdis
gptkbp:numberBuilt
16
gptkbp:operatedBy
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:predecessor
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:propulsion
steam turbines
gptkbp:speed
32.25 knots
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Minotaur-class_cruiser
gptkbp:usedInConflict
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:HMS_Naiad
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6