HMS Bulwark (R08)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:transport_aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft_operated up to 30 aircraft
for helicopters
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Sea_Cat_missiles
gptkb:Bofors_40_mm_guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Centaur-class_aircraft_carrier
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1958
gptkbp:crew 1,000 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1970
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:Persian_Gulf
North Atlantic
gptkbp:displacement 28,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Plymouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Bulwark (R08)
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1956
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Bulwark
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Operation_Corporate
gptkb:Operation_Grapple
gptkb:Operation_Musketeer
gptkbp:notable_stores gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operational_period 1958 to 1970
gptkbp:operational_range 7,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:operational_use Amphibious operations
gptkbp:powers 40,000 shp
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:replaced_by HMS Ocean (L12)
gptkbp:role gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:significant_event Visit to the United States
Visit to Australia
Visit to Canada
Visit to the Mediterranean
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Centaur_(R06)
gptkb:HMS_Eagle_(R05)
HMS Albion (R06)
gptkbp:speed 28 knots
gptkbp:training Joint exercises with NATO
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMS_Glasgow_(D88)
gptkb:HMS_Bideford_(F88)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6