HMS Glasgow (cruiser)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf light cruiser
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
8 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
8 × 4 in (102 mm) guns
gptkbp:beam 62 ft (19 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Fairfield_Shipbuilding_and_Engineering_Company
gptkbp:commissioned 9 September 1937
gptkbp:complement 750
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:decommissioned 1956
gptkbp:displacement 11,930 tons (full load)
9,100 tons (standard)
gptkbp:draught 20 ft (6.1 m)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Glasgow (cruiser)
gptkbp:launched 20 June 1936
gptkbp:length 592 ft (180 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Glasgow,_Scotland
gptkbp:notableEvent involved in D-Day landings
damaged by German aircraft in 1940
participated in Norwegian Campaign
supported Malta convoys
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:pennantNumber gptkb:C21
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × Parsons geared steam turbines
4 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
gptkbp:range 6,000 nautical miles at 13 knots
gptkbp:scrapped 1962
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 32.25 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Swan_Hunter_(cruiser)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7