HMS Defiance

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Defiance
GPTKB entity
Statements (41)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:armament 12 × 6-inch guns
4 × 12-inch guns
gptkbp:armor Deck armor 2 inches thick
Belt armor 12 inches thick
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Devonport_Dockyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Dreadnought
gptkbp:commissioned 1862
gptkbp:complement 800 crew members
gptkbp:decommissioned 1906
1910
gptkbp:displacement 15,000 tons
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:final_deployment 1918
gptkbp:flag gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:historical_significance gptkb:First_British_Dreadnought
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Plymouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Defiance
gptkbp:launched 1861
gptkbp:length 500 feet
gptkbp:name gptkb:HMS_Defiance
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:None
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Jutland
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands
gptkb:Battle_of_Dogger_Bank
gptkb:Battle_of_the_North_Sea
Naval blockade of Germany
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbine
gptkbp:radar gptkb:None
gptkbp:recommissioned gptkb:1914
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkbp:scrapping_year gptkb:1920
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Mediterranean_Fleet
gptkb:Channel_Fleet
gptkb:Atlantic_Fleet
gptkbp:service gptkb:First_World_War
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Dreadnought
gptkbp:speed 18 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Vanguard
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Revenge
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4