HMAS Tobruk

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:aircraftFacilities Helicopter deck
gptkbp:armament 2 x 40 mm Bofors guns
2 x 12.7 mm machine guns
gptkbp:awards Battle Honour: East Timor 1999–2000
Battle Honour: Iraq 2003
Battle Honour: Persian Gulf 2001–03
gptkbp:beam 18 metres
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Carrington_Slipways
gptkbp:capacity 500 troops
18 tanks
40 Armoured Personnel Carriers
gptkbp:class Tobruk-class landing ship
gptkbp:commissioned 23 April 1981
gptkbp:country gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:crewComplement 148
gptkbp:decommissioned 31 July 2015
gptkbp:displacement 5,800 tonnes
gptkbp:draught 4.5 metres
gptkbp:fate Scuttled as a dive wreck
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMAS Tobruk
gptkbp:hullNumber L 50
gptkbp:laidDown 7 February 1979
gptkbp:launched 1 March 1980
gptkbp:length 127 metres
gptkbp:name gptkb:HMAS_Tobruk
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Siege_of_Tobruk
gptkbp:navalPrefix gptkb:HMAS
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Australian_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Operation_Astute
gptkb:Operation_Slipper
gptkb:Operation_Sumatra_Assist
gptkb:Iraq_War
gptkb:East_Timor_INTERFET
gptkb:Solomon_Islands_operations
gptkbp:propulsion 2 x Crossley Pielstick diesel engines
gptkbp:range 9,000 nautical miles at 14 knots
gptkbp:speed 20 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy 29 June 2018
off the coast of Queensland, Australia
gptkbp:type Landing Ship Heavy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:ship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4