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gptkbp:instanceOf
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light cruiser
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gptkbp:armament
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6 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
20 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
40 × 40 mm Bofors guns
8 × 4 in (102 mm) guns
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gptkbp:awardedBy
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gptkb:Korea_1950-53
Battle Honours
Malaya 1948-60
Mediterranean_1944-45
Atlantic_1944
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gptkbp:builder
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gptkb:Cammell_Laird
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gptkbp:class
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gptkb:Crown_Colony-class_cruiser
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gptkbp:commissioned
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1944
1944-06-01
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gptkbp:crewSize
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800 personnel
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gptkbp:decommissioned
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1958
1958-01-01
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gptkbp:deployedTo
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gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:Korea
Far_East
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gptkbp:displacement
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12,000 tons
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gptkbp:fate
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scrapped
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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 Kenya (C29)
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gptkbp:launched
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1943-02-24
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gptkbp:length
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613 ft (187 m)
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Operation_Blackcock
Operation Dragoon
Operation Shingle
Operation Grapple
Operation Musketeer
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gptkbp:operates
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gptkb:British_Pacific_Fleet
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Navy
gptkb:Royal_New_Zealand_Navy
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gptkbp:participatedIn
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gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:propulsion
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2 × shafts
4 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
2 × Parsons geared turbines
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gptkbp:servedIn
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gptkb:Cold_War
Post-war period
British_naval_operations
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gptkbp:services
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gptkb:Royal_Navy
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gptkbp:sisterShip
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gptkb:HMS_Trinidad
gptkb:HMS_Nigeria
gptkb:HMS_Sheffield
gptkb:HMS_Jamaica
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gptkbp:speed
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32 knots (37 mph; 61 km/h)
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