HMCS Swansea

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMCS_Swansea

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament	gptkb:20_mm_Oerlikon_cannons gptkb:Hedgehog_anti-submarine_mortar depth charges 2 x 4-inch guns 1 x 12-pounder gun
gptkbp:battleHonours	Normandy, 1944 Atlantic, 1944–45 North Sea, 1945 Biscay, 1944 English Channel, 1944
gptkbp:beam	36.5 ft
gptkbp:builder	Yarrows Ltd.
gptkbp:builtYear	gptkb:Esquimalt,_British_Columbia
gptkbp:class	gptkb:ship
gptkbp:commissioned	1943
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:crewComplement	140
gptkbp:decommissioned	1966
gptkbp:displacement	1,445 tons
gptkbp:disposition	scrapped
gptkbp:draught	9 ft
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	HMCS Swansea
gptkbp:launched	1942
gptkbp:length	301 ft
gptkbp:name	gptkb:HMCS_Swansea
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Swansea,_Wales
gptkbp:notableAction	Sank four German U-boats
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Navy
gptkbp:pennantNumber	K328
gptkbp:propulsion	twin-screw, reciprocating steam engines
gptkbp:recommissioned	1957
gptkbp:role	anti-submarine warfare
gptkbp:scrapped	1967
gptkbp:servedIn	gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:speed	20 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:ship
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4