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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Royal_Navy
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gptkbp:armament
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6 × 6-inch guns
8 × 40 mm Bofors guns
12 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
4 × 1.5-inch guns
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gptkbp:builder
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gptkb:Cammell_Laird
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gptkbp:built_in
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gptkb:Birkenhead,_England
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gptkbp:class
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Light cruiser
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gptkbp:commissioned
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gptkb:1942
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Dudley_Pound
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gptkbp:crew
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800 personnel
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gptkbp:decommissioned
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gptkb:1954
gptkb:Royal_Navy
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gptkbp:deployment
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1951
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gptkbp:disbandment_date
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Sold for scrap
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gptkbp:displacement
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8,000 tons
10,000 tons full load
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gptkbp:famous_for
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Carrying gold bullion
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gptkbp:fate
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Scrapped
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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First ship to be sunk by a U-boat in WWII
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gptkbp:home_port
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gptkb:Portsmouth
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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HMS Edinburgh
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gptkbp:launched
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1939
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gptkbp:length
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186.5 meters
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Barents_Sea
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gptkbp:nickname
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The Ed
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gptkbp:notable_commanders
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gptkb:Captain_John_A._H._Mc_Culloch
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gptkbp:notable_event
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Sunk by a German submarine
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gptkbp:notable_mission
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Anti-aircraft operations
Convoy escort duties
Patrols in the Arctic Ocean
Patrols in the Mediterranean Sea
Rescue operations after sinking
Support for landings in Italy
Support for landings in Normandy
Support for landings in North Africa
Support for landings in Sicily
Surface action against German ships
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gptkbp:operated_by
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gptkb:Royal_Navy
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gptkbp:participated_in
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gptkb:Operation_Pedestal
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Battle_of_the_North_Cape
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gptkbp:produces
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Operation in 1981
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gptkbp:propulsion
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2 × shafts
2 × Parsons turbines
4 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
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gptkbp:range
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1,200 nautical miles at 15 knots
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gptkbp:resting_place
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Scuttled in 1957
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gptkbp:served_in
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gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Cunningham
gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:sister_ship
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gptkb:HMS_Sheffield
gptkb:HMS_Belfast
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gptkbp:speed
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32 knots
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gptkbp:survivors
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Crew members rescued after sinking
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:HMS_Sheffield
gptkb:British_naval_forces
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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