HMS Manchester (1937)

GPTKB entity

Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf light cruiser
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 8 × 0.5 in machine guns
12 × 6 in guns
8 × 4 in guns
6 × 21 in torpedo tubes
gptkbp:badge A ship's badge depicting a ship and bees
gptkbp:beam 62 ft
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Hawthorn_Leslie_and_Company
gptkbp:class gptkb:Town-class_(Southampton_subclass)
gptkbp:commissioned 4 August 1938
gptkbp:complement 748
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dateScuttled 13 August 1942
gptkbp:displacement 11,930 tons (full load)
9,400 tons (standard)
gptkbp:draught 20 ft
gptkbp:fate scuttled
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Manchester (1937)
gptkbp:launched 12 April 1937
gptkbp:length 591 ft
gptkbp:locationSunk off Kelibia, Tunisia
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Manchester
gptkbp:navy gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Malta_Convoys
gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_Spartivento
gptkbp:pennantNumber 15
gptkbp:propulsion 4 shafts
4 Parsons geared steam turbines
gptkbp:reasonScuttled damaged by Italian torpedo boats
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMS_Manchester
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6