Dido-class light cruiser

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Dido-class_light_cruiser

GPTKB entity

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