HMS Acheron (D-16)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Acheron_%28D-16%29
GPTKB entity
Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
4 × 4.5 inch guns
8 × 40 mm Bofors guns
2 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
gptkbp:beam 12.2 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Daring-class destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 1945
gptkbp:crew 300
gptkbp:decommissioned 1970
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Far_East_Station
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:West_Indies
North_Atlantic
gptkbp:displacement 3,500 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Acheron (D-16)
gptkbp:launchDate 1944
gptkbp:length 118.9 meters
gptkbp:name gptkb:HMS_Acheron
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:operationalStatus decommissioned
gptkbp:participatedIn Suez Crisis
Operation Grapple
NATO_exercises
gptkbp:replacedBy Type 42 destroyers
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:services gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Cossack
gptkb:HMS_Daring
gptkb:HMS_Fife
gptkb:HMS_Zulu
gptkb:HMS_Eagle
gptkb:HMS_Diamond
gptkb:HMS_Javelin
HMS Janus
gptkbp:speed 36 knots