HMS Galatea (1944)

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 6 × 6-inch guns
8 × 40 mm Bofors guns
20 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
4 × 4-inch guns
gptkbp:beam 18.3 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Diana-class_light_cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned 1945
gptkbp:crewSize 600
gptkbp:decommissioned 1970
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:displacement 5,000 tons
gptkbp:draft 5.5 meters
gptkbp:electronicSystems Sonar Type 144
Radar Type 293
Radar_Type_271
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1960s
1970s
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Galatea (1944)
gptkbp:launched 1944
gptkbp:length 175.3 meters
gptkbp:nickname The Galley
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn Operation Overlord
Operation Dragoon
Operation Zipper
Operation Grapple
gptkbp:propulsion Geared turbine
4 × boilers
gptkbp:replacedBy Type 42 destroyers
Type 23 frigates
Type 45 destroyers
Type 21 frigates
Type 22 frigates
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:World_War_II
Far_East
North_Atlantic
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Euryalus
gptkb:HMS_Aurora
gptkb:HMS_Penelope
gptkb:HMS_Sirius
HMS Diana
HMS Galatea (1914)
gptkbp:speed 32 knots