HMS Caledon

GPTKB entity

Statements (83)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 6 × 6-inch guns
8 × 21-inch torpedo tubes
2 × 3-inch guns
4 × 4-inch guns
gptkbp:awardedBy Battle Honours
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Light cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned 1918
gptkbp:crew 600 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
1948
gptkbp:defeated No
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
1945
Far_East
North_Atlantic
gptkbp:designatedAs Anti-aircraft cruiser
gptkbp:displacement 5,000 tons
5,400 tons
gptkbp:fate Scrapped
scrapped
gptkbp:firstPublished 1944
gptkbp:historical_significance Participated in significant naval operations
Contributed to naval tactics development
Influenced post-war naval design
Part_of_the_Royal_Navy's_modernization_efforts
Symbol_of_British_naval_power_during_WWII
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Caledon
gptkbp:launched 1917
gptkbp:length 550 feet
175.3 meters
gptkbp:name Caledon
gptkbp:nickname nan
gptkbp:notable_event Counter-terrorism operations
Humanitarian missions
Training exercises
Crisis response operations
Search and rescue operations
Diplomatic missions
Anti-piracy operations
Counter-narcotics operations
Joint exercises with allies
Naval diplomacy
Port visits
Fleet exercises
Naval gunfire support
Environmental monitoring missions
Mine clearance operations
Naval patrols
Convoy escort missions
Support for ground forces
Convoy escort duties
Supported D-Day landings
Engaged in anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare operations
Bombardment of enemy positions
Participated_in_the_Battle_of_the_Atlantic
Rescue_operations_in_the_Mediterranean
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:British_Pacific_Fleet
gptkb:Mediterranean_Fleet
gptkb:Home_Fleet
gptkb:Eastern_Fleet
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:participatesIn gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_Matapan
gptkb:Operation_Pedestal
D-Day landings
gptkbp:range 3,500 nautical miles at 15 knots
gptkbp:secondary_mission Training ship
Post-war duties
Scrapping process
Reserve fleet
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Birmingham
gptkb:HMS_Glasgow
gptkb:HMS_Edinburgh
gptkb:HMS_Newcastle
HMS_Caledon_(D99)
gptkbp:speed 32 knots