HMAS Sydney

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:armament 12 × 40 mm Bofors guns
8 × 6 in guns
8 × 21 in torpedo tubes
gptkbp:beam 20.3 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cockatoo_Island_Dockyard
gptkbp:class Modified Leander-class light cruiser
gptkbp:commander Captain John Burnett
gptkbp:commissioned 1941
gptkbp:crew around 800 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1948
1948-01-01
gptkbp:displacement 6,825 tons
gptkbp:drafted_by 6.1 meters
gptkbp:famous_for sinking during WWII
gptkbp:fate sunk in action
gptkbp:first_command Captain John Burnett
gptkbp:historical_significance World War II naval history
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Sydney
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMAS Sydney
gptkbp:last_command Captain John Burnett
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1940
gptkbp:length 186.6 meters
gptkbp:location gptkb:2008
off the coast of Western Australia
gptkbp:memorials gptkb:Australian_War_Memorial
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Syd
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_Guam
gptkb:Battle_of_Saipan
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
gptkb:Battle_of_Tarawa
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Java_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Tinian
gptkb:Battle_of_Guadalcanal
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Wake_Island
gptkbp:notable_event Battle of Sydney Harbour
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkbp:resting_place underwater site
gptkbp:role gptkb:cruiser
gptkbp:service_frequency 1941-1941
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMAS_Perth
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:sunk 19 November 1941
German raider Kormoran
gptkbp:survivors gptkb:none
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Australian_Navy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4