HMS Exeter (D89)

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:aircraft 1 × Supermarine Walrus
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
6 × 6-inch guns
4 × 4-inch anti-aircraft guns
8 × 2-pounder pom-pom guns
gptkbp:armor up to 5 inches
gptkbp:beam 19.5 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Devonport_Dockyard
gptkbp:casualties gptkb:Battle_of_the_Java_Sea
gptkbp:class Light cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Reginald_Aylmer_Ranfurly_Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax
1936
gptkbp:crew 800 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Cunningham
1946
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
South_Atlantic
gptkbp:displacement 8,000 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
Scrapped in 1947
gptkbp:historical_significance First British ship to engage in the Pacific War
Survived multiple engagements
Significant_role_in_the_early_stages_of_WWII
Participated_in_the_sinking_of_the_Japanese_cruiser_Haguro
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Devonport
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Exeter (D89)
gptkbp:launched 1934
gptkbp:length 186.6 meters
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Exeter
gptkbp:notableArtists gptkb:Battle_of_Java_Sea
Battle of the River Plate
Battle of Sunda Strait
gptkbp:operationalRange 10,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × shafts
2 × Parsons turbines
4 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
gptkbp:radar Type 293
Type 281
Type 285
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Mediterranean_Fleet
gptkb:Home_Fleet
gptkb:Eastern_Fleet
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Ajax
gptkb:HMS_York
gptkbp:speed 32 knots