HMS Cornwall (56)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Cornwall_(56)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament	8 × 21-inch torpedo tubes 4 × 2-pounder AA guns 4 × 4-inch guns 8 × 8-inch guns
gptkbp:battle	gptkb:Indian_Ocean_Raid
gptkbp:beam	68 ft (21 m)
gptkbp:builder	gptkb:Devonport_Dockyard
gptkbp:class	gptkb:Kent_subclass
gptkbp:commissioned	1928
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:crewComplement	784
gptkbp:decommissioned	N/A (sunk in action)
gptkbp:displacement	9,850 tons (standard)
gptkbp:draught	20 ft (6.1 m)
gptkbp:fate	Sunk
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	HMS Cornwall (56)
gptkbp:launched	1926
gptkbp:length	630 ft (192 m)
gptkbp:locationSunk	Indian Ocean, south of Ceylon
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Cornwall
gptkbp:notableEvent	Escorted convoys in Indian Ocean, 1942 Evacuated British nationals from Shanghai, 1937 Participated in hunt for Admiral Graf Spee, 1939
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:pennantNumber	56
gptkbp:propulsion	Steam turbines
gptkbp:serves	gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:World_War_I_(postwar_period)
gptkbp:speed	31.5 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy	Japanese aircraft 5 April 1942
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:HMS_Cornwall
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5