HMS Africa (1905)

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Navy ship
King Edward VII-class battleship
gptkbp:armament 4 × 12-inch guns
10 × 6-inch guns
14 × 12-pounder guns
4 × 9.2-inch guns
2 × 18-inch torpedo tubes
gptkbp:beam 78 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Chatham_Dockyard
gptkbp:commissioned 1906
gptkbp:crewComplement 777
gptkbp:decommissioned 1920
gptkbp:displacement 16,350 tons
gptkbp:draught 26 ft
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Africa (1905)
gptkbp:launched 1905
gptkbp:length 453 ft
gptkbp:notableEvent Carried out the first aircraft take-off from a warship in 1912
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:propulsion Triple-expansion steam engines
gptkbp:scrapped 1920
gptkbp:serves gptkb:Grand_Fleet
gptkb:Home_Fleet
gptkb:Mediterranean_Fleet
gptkb:Atlantic_Fleet
gptkb:Channel_Fleet
gptkbp:speed 18.5 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMS_Africa
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7