HMS King Edward VII

GPTKB entity

Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf light cruiser
gptkbp:armament 4 × 12-inch guns
5 × 18-inch torpedo tubes
10 × 6-inch guns
14 × 12-pounder guns
14 × 3-pounder guns
4 × 9.2-inch guns
gptkbp:beam 75 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Chatham_Dockyard
gptkbp:class King Edward VII-class battleship
gptkbp:commissioned February 1905
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:crew 777
gptkbp:displacement 15,585 tons
gptkbp:draught 25 ft
gptkbp:fate Sunk by mine
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS King Edward VII
gptkbp:laidDown 8 March 1902
gptkbp:launched 23 July 1903
gptkbp:length 453 ft
gptkbp:locationSunk off Cape Wrath, Scotland
gptkbp:mineLaidBy gptkb:German_auxiliary_cruiser_Möwe
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:King_Edward_VII
gptkbp:notableEvent First British battleship lost in World War I
First of her class to be completed
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Grand_Fleet
gptkb:Home_Fleet
gptkbp:speed 18.5 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy 6 January 1916
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Thames_Ironworks_and_Shipbuilding_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6