HMS Jamaica (C34)

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf light cruiser
gptkbp:armament 6 × 6-inch guns
8 × 40 mm Bofors guns
20 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
4 × 4-inch guns
gptkbp:awardedBy battle honors
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Crown_Colony-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1945
gptkbp:decommissioned 1957
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
Far_East
North_Atlantic
gptkbp:displacement 12,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Jamaica (C34)
gptkbp:launched 1943
gptkbp:length 610 feet
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Jamaica
gptkbp:notableEvent sank U-boat
provided naval gunfire support
participated in Operation Overlord
escorted convoys
took part in the Battle of Taranto
took part in the Battle of the Ligurian Sea
took part in the Battle of the River Plate
bombardment_of_German_positions
participated_in_Operation_Dragoon
supporting_landings_in_Normandy
took_part_in_the_Battle_of_Anzio
took_part_in_the_Battle_of_Cape_Matapan
took_part_in_the_Battle_of_Monte_Cassino
took_part_in_the_Battle_of_Salerno
took_part_in_the_Battle_of_the_Adriatic_Sea
took_part_in_the_Battle_of_the_Aegean_Sea
took_part_in_the_Battle_of_the_Atlantic
took_part_in_the_Battle_of_the_Barents_Sea
took_part_in_the_Battle_of_the_Dodecanese
took_part_in_the_Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands
took_part_in_the_Battle_of_the_Ionian_Sea
took_part_in_the_Battle_of_the_North_Cape
took_part_in_the_Battle_of_the_Tyrrhenian_Sea
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Navy
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Navy
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkb:Royal_New_Zealand_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Trinidad
gptkb:HMS_Nigeria
gptkb:HMS_Kenya
gptkb:HMS_Bermuda
gptkbp:speed 32 knots