HMS Aurora

GPTKB entity

Properties (85)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
6 × 6-inch guns
4 × 4-inch anti-aircraft guns
torpedo tubes
2 × 3-inch anti-aircraft guns
2 × 3-pounder guns
gptkbp:armor up to 3 inches
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Light cruiser
gptkbp:commissionDate 1914-02-12
gptkbp:commissioned 1914
gptkbp:crew 600 personnel
gptkbp:crewSize 600
gptkbp:decommissioned 1949
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1949-01-01
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Norway
gptkb:Sicily
gptkb:Dunkirk
gptkb:Malta
Far_East
gptkbp:design Admiralty design 1912
gptkbp:displacement 5,500 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal 1950
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Aurora
gptkbp:launchDate 1913-05-10
gptkbp:launched 1913
gptkbp:length 600 feet
186.5 meters
gptkbp:nickname The 'A' Class Cruiser
The 'A' Ship
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Operation_Pedestal
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
Battle of Jutland
D-Day landings
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:English_Channel
gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:North_Sea
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
4 shafts
gptkbp:range 10,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Birmingham
gptkb:HMS_Ceylon
gptkb:HMS_Trinidad
gptkb:HMS_Glasgow
gptkb:HMS_Edinburgh
gptkb:HMS_Fiji
gptkb:HMS_Kent
gptkb:HMS_Sheffield
gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal
gptkb:HMS_Belfast
gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkb:HMS_Newcastle
gptkb:HMS_Cormorant
gptkb:HMS_Ajax
gptkb:HMS_Eagle
gptkb:HMS_Liverpool
gptkb:HMS_Black_Prince
gptkb:HMS_Norfolk
gptkb:HMS_Jamaica
gptkb:HMS_Exeter
gptkb:HMS_Antrim
gptkb:HMS_Suffolk
gptkb:HMS_Sussex
HMS Manchester
HMS Devonshire
HMS Dido
HMS London
HMS Mauritius
gptkbp:secondaryMission 1945
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Penelope
gptkb:HMS_Galatea
gptkb:HMS_Sirius
HMS Arethusa
gptkbp:speed 29 knots
32 knots