HMS Birmingham (D 19)

GPTKB entity

Properties (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
4 × 21 inch torpedo tubes
4 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
8 × 40 mm Bofors guns
6 × 4.5 inch guns
gptkbp:beam 18.3 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
Birkenhead
gptkbp:class gptkb:Birmingham-class
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1943
1943-09-01
gptkbp:crew 300 personnel
gptkbp:crewSize 300
gptkbp:decommissioned 1977
1977-01-01
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
Far_East
North_Atlantic
South_Atlantic
gptkbp:displacement 5,000 tons
3,500 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:finalDisposal 1978
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1977
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Birmingham (D 19)
gptkbp:launchDate 1943-02-01
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 176.5 meters
gptkbp:name gptkb:HMS_Birmingham
gptkbp:nickname Birmy
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Barents_Sea
gptkb:Beira_Patrol
gptkb:Battle_of_the_North_Cape
Suez Crisis
Operation Zipper
Operation Musketeer
gptkbp:operationalStatus decommissioned
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × steam turbines
4 × boilers
Geared turbines
gptkbp:radar Type 277
Type 293
gptkbp:range 4,000 nautical miles
3,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:services gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Sheffield
gptkb:HMS_Belfast
gptkb:HMS_Newcastle
gptkbp:sonar Type 162
gptkbp:speed 36 knots
32 knots