HMS Kettering

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Kettering
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 4 × 4.5 inch guns
8 × 40 mm Bofors guns
20 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built 1948
gptkbp:commissioned 1944
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1944-05-01
gptkbp:crew 190 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
1946-01-01
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 2,500 tons
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Operation_Blackcock
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Operation_Bluecoat
gptkb:Operation_Goodwood
Operation Market Garden
Operation Overlord
Operation Dragoon
Operation Charnwood
Operation Epsom
Operation Neptune
Operation Plunder
Operation Shingle
Operation Varsity
Operation Veritable
Operation Totalize
Operation Tractable
Operation Infatuate
Operation Pheasant
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Kettering
gptkbp:launched 1943
gptkbp:length 100.6 meters
gptkbp:nickname Kettering
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:participatedIn D-Day landings
gptkbp:propulsion Geared turbines
gptkbp:radar Type 277 radar
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:services gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip HMS_Kettering_(D64)
gptkbp:sonar Type 144 sonar
gptkbp:speed 36 knots
gptkbp:type Town-class destroyer