HMS Devonshire (D02)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:armament gptkb:20_×_20_mm_Oerlikon_guns
40 × 40 mm Bofors guns
6 × 8 inch guns
12 × 4.5 inch guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkb:Birkenhead,_England
gptkbp:class Crown Colony-class cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1944-01-01
gptkbp:crew_capacity 800
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1971-01-01
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Far_East_Station
gptkb:Mediterranean_Fleet
gptkb:Home_Fleet
gptkb:East_Indies_Station
West Indies Station
gptkbp:displacement 10,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
Scrapped in 1974
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Devonshire (D02)
gptkbp:launch_date 1943-05-01
gptkbp:length 190 meters
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Devon
gptkbp:notable_event Participated in the Korean War
Took part in Operation Musketeer
Served in the Mediterranean Fleet
Visited the United States in 1960
gptkbp:operational_status Decommissioned
gptkbp:predecessor HMS Bermuda (D19)
gptkbp:propulsion Geared turbines
gptkbp:range 10,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:UN_Forces
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:NATO
gptkb:British_Commonwealth
gptkbp:sister_ship HMS Tiger (C20)
HMS Jamaica (C34)
HMS Bermuda (D19)
HMS Ceylon (C75)
HMS Nigeria (C55)
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:successor HMS Tiger (C20)
gptkbp:waste_management Sold for scrap
gptkbp:year_of_commission gptkb:1944
gptkbp:year_of_decommission gptkb:1971
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMS_Glasgow_(D88)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6