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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
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gptkbp:armament
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4 × 4.5 in guns
4 × 21 in torpedo tubes
4 × 4.7 in guns
8 × 2-pdr pom-pom guns
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gptkbp:beam
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50 ft
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gptkbp:builder
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gptkb:Cammell_Laird
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gptkbp:class
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Town-class destroyer
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gptkbp:commissioned
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1937
1939
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gptkbp:crew
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approximately 200
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gptkbp:crew_size
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approximately 300
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gptkbp:decommissioned
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1948
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gptkbp:defeated
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22 May 1940
22 May 1941
off_the_coast_of_Crete
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gptkbp:displacement
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1,850 tons
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gptkbp:fate
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sunk in action
sunk_by_German_aircraft
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gptkbp:homePort
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gptkb:Portsmouth
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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HMS Gloucester (D 96)
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gptkbp:launched
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1936
1937
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gptkbp:length
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505 ft
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gptkbp:motto
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gptkb:Fide_et_Fortitudine
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gptkbp:name
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gptkb:HMS_Gloucester
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gptkbp:nickname
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The Fighting G
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gptkbp:notable_event
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gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_Matapan
gptkb:Operation_Pedestal
Battle of Crete
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gptkbp:operates_in
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gptkb:Royal_Navy
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gptkbp:servedIn
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:services
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:sister_ship
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gptkb:HMS_Birmingham
gptkb:HMS_Cossack
gptkb:HMS_Orion
gptkb:HMS_Coventry
gptkb:HMS_Euryalus
gptkb:HMS_Edinburgh
gptkb:HMS_Sheffield
gptkb:HMS_Newcastle
gptkb:HMS_Somali
gptkb:HMS_Zulu
gptkb:HMS_Ajax
gptkb:HMS_Liverpool
gptkb:HMS_Exeter
gptkb:HMS_Gurkha
gptkb:HMS_York
HMS Manchester
HMS Dido
HMS Tartar
HMS Ashanti
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gptkbp:speed
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36 knots
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:HMS_Gloucester_(D_62)
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