HMS Acheron (D-13)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:aircraft 1 × Westland Wessex helicopter
gptkbp:armament 2 × 40 mm Bofors guns
4 × 4.5 inch guns
8 × 21 inch torpedo tubes
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NATO_Medal
gptkb:Long_Service_and_Good_Conduct_Medal
General Service Medal
gptkbp:beam 12.2 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Acheron-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissionDate 1945
gptkbp:commissioned 1945
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Birkenhead,_England
gptkbp:crewSize 250 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1970
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1970
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 2,500 tons
3,000 tons
gptkbp:draft 4.3 meters
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal 1971
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Acheron (D-13)
gptkbp:launchDate 1944
gptkbp:launched Queen Elizabeth II
gptkbp:length 118.9 meters
gptkbp:lengthOverall 118.9 meters
gptkbp:name gptkb:HMS_Acheron
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Navy
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Navy
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkb:Royal_New_Zealand_Navy
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalStatus decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Falklands_War
Suez Crisis
Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:powers 40,000 shp
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × steam turbines
2 × shafts
gptkbp:radar Type 965 radar
gptkbp:range 3,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Glasgow
gptkbp:secondaryMission 1965
1970
gptkbp:servedIn NATO_operations
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Acheron_(D-14)
gptkbp:sonar Type 174 sonar
gptkbp:speed 36 knots