HMS Galatea (cruiser)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Navy cruiser
gptkbp:armament 8 × 0.5 in machine guns
8 × 21 in torpedo tubes
6 × 6 in guns
8 × 4 in AA guns
gptkbp:beam 51 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Scotts_Shipbuilding_and_Engineering_Company
gptkbp:causeOfLoss torpedoed by German submarine U-557
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned September 1935
gptkbp:complement 500
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:displacement 5,220 tons
gptkbp:draught 13 ft
gptkbp:fate sunk
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Galatea (cruiser)
gptkbp:launched 14 May 1934
gptkbp:length 506 ft
gptkbp:locationSunk off Alexandria, Egypt
gptkbp:name gptkb:HMS_Galatea
gptkbp:notableEvent participated in the Battle of Cape Matapan
served in the Mediterranean Fleet
took part in the evacuation of Greece
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 32.25 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy 15 December 1941
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Swan_Hunter_(cruiser)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7