HMS Dorsetshire

GPTKB entity

Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf light cruiser
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 8 × 0.5-inch machine guns
2 × triple 21-inch torpedo tubes
4 × 4-inch AA guns
8 × 8-inch guns
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Indian_Ocean_Raid
gptkbp:beam 66 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Portsmouth_Dockyard
gptkbp:builtYear 1929
gptkbp:causeOfSinking Japanese air attack
gptkbp:class gptkb:County-class_cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned 30 September 1930
gptkbp:complement 710
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:displacement 9,850 tons
gptkbp:draught 20 ft
gptkbp:fate sunk
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Dorsetshire
gptkbp:laidDown 21 September 1927
gptkbp:launched 29 January 1929
gptkbp:length 632 ft
gptkbp:locationSunk gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkbp:namedAfter Dorsetshire (historic county in England)
gptkbp:notableEvent helped sink German battleship Bismarck
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:pennantNumber 40
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:speed 32.3 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy 5 April 1942
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5