HMS Conway

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:ship
gptkbp:alumni Conway Alumni Association
gptkbp:armament cannons
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:captain gptkb:Captain_William_H._Smith
gptkb:Captain_John_W._H._Smith
gptkbp:class gptkb:Conway-class_training_ship
gptkbp:crew_capacity gptkb:200
gptkbp:cultural_impact inspired literature and films
gptkbp:current_status scrapped
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1971
gptkbp:displacement 1,500 tons
gptkbp:famous_for producing skilled mariners
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:featured_in gptkb:documentaries
gptkbp:final_use floating school
gptkbp:finale_date gptkb:Bangor,_Wales
gptkbp:first_flight gptkb:1971
gptkbp:flag gptkb:White_Ensign
gptkbp:historical_significance training naval officers
gptkbp:historical_site listed as a historic ship
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Liverpool
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Conway
gptkbp:is_visited_by gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_II
gptkbp:launched 1859
gptkbp:legacy influenced maritime education.
gptkbp:length 265 feet
gptkbp:motto “ To be, rather than to seem”
gptkbp:notable_alumni gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Sir_David_Attenborough
gptkb:Sir_John_Franklin
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Reginald_Aylmer_Ranfurly_Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax
gptkb:Sir_John_Fisher
gptkbp:notable_event celebrated centenary in 1959
sank during a storm in 1971
visited by Winston Churchill
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:Conway_School_of_Navigation
gptkbp:operational_area North Atlantic
gptkbp:operational_period 1859 to 1971
gptkbp:original_purpose training cadets
gptkbp:propulsion sail and steam
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Royal_Naval_Reserve
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:none
gptkbp:replaced_by shore-based training facilities
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Worcester
gptkbp:speed 12 knots
gptkbp:training 3 years
practical seamanship
gptkbp:type gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Merseyside_Maritime_Museum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6