HMS Colossus

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:transport_aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 40 aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft_type gptkb:Firefly
gptkb:Sea_Fury
gptkb:Skyraider
gptkb:Buccaneer
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Colossus-class aircraft carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 1944-05-12
gptkbp:crew_capacity 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1970-01-01
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Far_East_Station
gptkb:Malayan_Emergency
gptkb:1969
gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Suez_Crisis
1945
gptkbp:displacement 20,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
sold for scrap
gptkbp:historical_significance post-war naval aviation
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Colossus
gptkbp:launched 1943-02-06
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:notable_event first British carrier to operate jets
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Operation_Grapple
gptkbp:opening_ceremony gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_II
gptkbp:operational_range 1,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:operational_status decommissioned
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Colossus_of_Rhodes
gptkbp:powers 100,000 shp
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:recommissioned 1950
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:World_War_II
British flag
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Albion
gptkb:HMS_Vengeance
gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkb:HMS_Eagle
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Eagle
gptkbp:year_scrapped gptkb:1971
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMS_Dreadnought
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Thomas_Hardy
gptkb:Sir_John_Jervis
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Henry_Jackson
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_George_Tryon
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Jutland_Campaign
gptkb:Dreadnought
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5