HMS Dido (cruiser)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Dido_(cruiser)
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament torpedo tubes
2-pounder pom-poms
5.25 inch guns
gptkbp:awards battle honours
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Battle_of_Crete
gptkb:Malta_Convoys
Aegean operations
gptkbp:beam 50.5 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 30 September 1940
gptkbp:complement 480
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:decommissioned 1947
gptkbp:displacement 5,600 tons (standard)
gptkbp:draught 16 ft
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Dido (cruiser)
gptkbp:launched 18 July 1939
gptkbp:length 512 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Dido_(mythology)
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:pennantNumber 37
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:scrapped 1957
gptkbp:speed 32.25 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Swan_Hunter_(cruiser)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7