HMS Kenya

GPTKB entity

Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 12 × 6 in guns
8 × 21 in torpedo tubes
8 × 2-pounder AA guns
8 × 4 in dual-purpose guns
gptkbp:beam 62 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Alexander_Stephen_and_Sons
gptkbp:class gptkb:ship
gptkbp:commissioned 27 September 1940
gptkbp:complement 733
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:decommissioned 1952
gptkbp:displacement 10,450 tons (full load)
8,530 tons (standard)
gptkbp:draught 20 ft
gptkbp:fate scrapped at Dalmuir, Scotland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Kenya
gptkbp:laidDown 18 June 1938
gptkbp:launched 18 August 1939
gptkbp:length 555 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter Kenya (country)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Pink_Lady
gptkbp:notableEvent served in Korean War
bombarded Diego Suarez, Madagascar
participated in Arctic convoys
took part in Operation Stoneage
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:pennantNumber C14
gptkbp:powers 72,500 shp
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × Parsons geared steam turbines
4 × shafts
4 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
gptkbp:range 6,520 nautical miles at 13 knots
gptkbp:reason_for_nickname painted in Mountbatten Pink camouflage
gptkbp:scrapped 1962
gptkbp:speed 32.25 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:ship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4