HMS Duchess

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 4 × 21 in torpedo tubes
8 × 2-pounder guns
4 × 4.7 in guns
8 × 21 in torpedo tubes
4 × 0.5 in machine guns
gptkbp:beam 11.3 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built 1947-01-01
gptkbp:class D-class destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 1934
gptkbp:complement 190-200 crew members
gptkbp:crew 200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
1946
1945-01-01
gptkbp:displacement 2,000 tons
1,370 tons
1,490 tons
gptkbp:draft 3.6 meters
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
Sold for scrap
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Duchess
gptkbp:launched 1932
gptkbp:length 100.6 meters
118.9 meters
gptkbp:name Duchess of Devonshire
gptkbp:nickname Duchess
gptkbp:notableEvent Convoy escort duties
Supported D-Day landings
Anti-submarine warfare operations
Participated_in_the_Battle_of_the_Atlantic
Post-war_service_in_the_Mediterranean
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:English_Channel
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:Arctic_Ocean
gptkb:Norwegian_Sea
North_Atlantic
gptkbp:propulsion 2 shafts
Parsons turbines
Admiralty 3-drum boilers
gptkbp:radar Type 285 radar
Type 271 radar
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Daring-class_destroyer
gptkb:HMS_Dainty
gptkb:HMS_Daring
gptkb:HMS_Decoy
HMS Dido
HMS Defender
HMS Delight
gptkbp:sonar Type 147 sonar
gptkbp:speed 36 knots