HMS Manchester (cruiser)

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf light cruiser
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 6 × 21-inch torpedo tubes
12 × 6-inch guns
8 × 0.5-inch machine guns
8 × 4-inch guns
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Hawthorn_Leslie_and_Company
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Hebburn,_England
gptkbp:causeOfLoss torpedoed by Italian motor torpedo boats
gptkbp:class Town-class cruiser (Manchester subgroup)
gptkbp:commissioned 1938
gptkbp:crewComplement approximately 900
gptkbp:displacement 11,930 tons
gptkbp:fate scuttled after torpedo damage
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Manchester (cruiser)
gptkbp:launched 1937
gptkbp:length 592 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Manchester,_England
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Malta_Convoys
gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_Spartivento
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:pennantNumber 15
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy 13 August 1942
off Kelibia, Tunisia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Swan_Hunter_(cruiser)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7