HMS Devonshire

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMS_Glasgow
gptkbp:active_years gptkb:1960
gptkbp:aircraft_operated Seafire
gptkbp:armament 8 × 8 inch guns
gptkbp:casualties gptkb:None
gptkbp:class gptkb:cruiser
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Cunningham
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1930
1950s
gptkbp:completed gptkb:1930
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkb:Birkenhead
gptkbp:crew 800
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1960
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:1959
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
1950s
Far East
gptkbp:displacement 10,000 tons
gptkbp:famous_for Convoy escort duties
gptkbp:fate Scrapped
Scrapped in 1964
gptkbp:historical_significance Post-war naval strategy
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Plymouth
gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Devonshire
gptkbp:is_engaged_in Naval exercises
gptkbp:is_used_for Training purposes
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1929
gptkbp:length 700 feet
gptkbp:nickname Devonshire
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
Collision with merchant ship
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:D-Day_landings
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:starship
gptkbp:operational_range Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Operation_Pedestal
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:radar Type 293
gptkbp:range 10,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:HMS_Blake
gptkbp:retired Active service
gptkbp:role Fleet escort
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:services gptkb:1960
gptkbp:sister_ship HMS Cumberland
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:status Scrapped in 1964
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Tiger