HMS Anson (R 51)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 10 × 14 inch guns
4 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
16 × 5.25 inch guns
4 × 40 mm Bofors guns
40 × 2 pounder guns
gptkbp:beam 33 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:King_George_V-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned 1942
gptkbp:crew 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1966
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:displacement 36,000 tons
gptkbp:draft 10.4 meters
gptkbp:electronicSystems gptkb:Radar_Type_281
Fire control radar
Sonar Type 144
Radar Type 293
gptkbp:fate scrapped in 1980
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Anson (R 51)
gptkbp:launchDate 15 February 1940
gptkbp:length 227.1 meters
gptkbp:name gptkb:HMS_Anson
gptkbp:notableEvent Supported D-Day landings
Participated_in_the_Korean_War
Served_in_the_Mediterranean_Fleet
Participated_in_the_Battle_of_the_North_Cape
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
4 × shafts
gptkbp:services gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Prince_of_Wales
gptkb:HMS_Duke_of_York
gptkb:HMS_Vanguard
gptkb:HMS_King_George_V
HMS Howe
gptkbp:speed 28 knots