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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
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gptkbp:armament
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4 × 21 in torpedo tubes
4 × 4 in guns
4 × 4.7 in guns
8 × 2 in AA guns
8 × 2-pdr pom-pom guns
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gptkbp:beam
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36 ft
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gptkbp:builder
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gptkb:Cammell_Laird
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gptkbp:built
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gptkb:Cammell_Laird_shipyard
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gptkbp:class
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gptkb:Acheron-class_destroyer
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gptkbp:commissioned
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gptkb:Royal_Navy
1940
1941
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gptkbp:crew
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190
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gptkbp:decommissioned
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gptkb:Royal_Navy
1945
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gptkbp:defeated
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Scrap yard
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gptkbp:deployedTo
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gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
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gptkbp:displacement
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1,850 tons
1,370 tons
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gptkbp:draft
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11 ft
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gptkbp:fate
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Sold for scrap
Scrapped in 1946
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gptkbp:finalDisposal
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Sold for scrap
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gptkbp:finalScore
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Scrapped
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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Provided naval gunfire support
Supported D-Day landings
Engaged in anti-submarine operations
Participated_in_Battle_of_the_Atlantic
Participated_in_Arctic_convoys
Served_in_Mediterranean_Sea
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gptkbp:homePort
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gptkb:Portsmouth
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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HMS Acheron LXXVIII
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gptkbp:involved
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D-Day landings
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gptkbp:launched
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1939
1940
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gptkbp:length
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362 ft
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gptkbp:name
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gptkb:HMS_Acheron_LXXVIII
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Naval engagements
Convoy escort missions
Anti-aircraft operations
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
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gptkbp:operationalArea
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North_Atlantic
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gptkbp:operationalHistory
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Active_during_WWII
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gptkbp:operationalStatus
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Decommissioned
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gptkbp:participatedIn
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:propulsion
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2 × steam turbines
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gptkbp:radar
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Type 271 radar
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gptkbp:range
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5,000 nautical miles
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gptkbp:replacedBy
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HMS Acheron LXXX
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gptkbp:role
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Anti-submarine warfare
Convoy escort
Fleet screening
Escort_duties
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gptkbp:secondaryRole
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Anti-submarine warfare
Escort_duties
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gptkbp:servedIn
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gptkb:Royal_Navy
Admiralty
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gptkbp:services
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1940
1945
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gptkbp:serviceYears
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1940-1945
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gptkbp:sisterShip
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gptkb:HMS_Acheron_LXXVII
gptkb:HMS_Acheron_LXXIX
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gptkbp:sonar
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Type 144 sonar
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gptkbp:speed
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36 knots
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gptkbp:type
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gptkb:Destroyer
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gptkbp:yearEstablished
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1939
1940
1945
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gptkbp:yearsActive
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1946
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