HMS Birmingham (C75)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Birmingham_%28C75%29
GPTKB entity
Properties (41)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 8 × 40 mm Bofors guns
6 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
20 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
8 × 4 in (102 mm) guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Town-class light cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned 1943
gptkbp:decommissioned 1971
gptkbp:displacement 3,500 tons
gptkbp:fate Scrapped in 1977
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Birmingham (C75)
gptkbp:launched 1943
gptkbp:length 613 ft (187 m)
gptkbp:nickname Birmy
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Albion
gptkb:HMS_Bulwark
gptkb:HMS_Ceylon
gptkb:HMS_Queen_Elizabeth
gptkb:HMS_Tiger
gptkb:HMS_Trinidad
gptkb:HMS_Glasgow
gptkb:HMS_Valiant
gptkb:HMS_Blake
gptkb:HMS_Edinburgh
gptkb:HMS_Sheffield
gptkb:HMS_Swiftsure
gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal
gptkb:HMS_Belfast
gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkb:HMS_Newcastle
gptkb:HMS_Eagle
gptkb:HMS_Liverpool
gptkb:HMS_Jamaica
gptkb:HMS_Illustrious
gptkb:HMS_Formidable
HMS Mauritius
gptkbp:speed 32 knots (37 mph; 61 km/h)