HMS Diadem (1942)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy cruiser
gptkbp:armament 6 × 21 in torpedo tubes
20 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons
6 × 40 mm Bofors guns
8 × 5.25 in guns
gptkbp:beam 50.5 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Hawthorn_Leslie_and_Company
gptkbp:commissioned 6 January 1944
gptkbp:complement 570
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:decommissioned 1950
gptkbp:displacement 5,600 tons (standard)
gptkbp:draught 16 ft
gptkbp:fate scrapped in 1985
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Diadem (1942)
gptkbp:launched 26 August 1942
gptkbp:length 512 ft
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Sir_William_Davis
gptkbp:notableEvent Escorted Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union
Supported D-Day landings in June 1944
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Normandy_landings
Arctic convoys
gptkbp:pennantNumber 84
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared turbines, 4 shafts
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:PNS_Babur
gptkbp:sells gptkb:Pakistan
gptkbp:serviceWith gptkb:Pakistan_Navy
gptkbp:speed 32.25 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMS_Diadem
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6