HMS Blake

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:armament 6 × 6-inch guns
8 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
4 × 40 mm Bofors guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:cruiser
gptkbp:complement 800
gptkbp:crew approximately 800 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1979-01-01
gptkbp:disbandment_date 1979-01-01
gptkbp:displacement 20,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:has_a_commission_for 1943-01-01
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Plymouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Blake
gptkbp:launch_date 1942-02-12
gptkbp:length 186.5 meters
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Blake
gptkbp:notable_event took part in NATO exercises
visited the United States
operated in the Far East
participated in the Beira Patrol
participated in the Suez Crisis
served in the Mediterranean Fleet
took part in the 1977 Silver Jubilee Fleet Review
visited Australia
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar gptkb:Type_965_radar
Type 993 radar
gptkbp:range 5,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Operation_Shader
gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkb:Suez_Crisis
gptkbp:service gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Tiger
gptkbp:sonar gptkb:Type_174_sonar
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Henry_Harwood
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4