HMS Newcastle (cruiser)

GPTKB entity

Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf light cruiser
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 8 × 0.5 in machine guns
12 × 6 in guns
8 × 21 in torpedo tubes
8 × 4 in guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Korea_1950–52
gptkb:Arctic_1942
gptkb:Normandy_1944
Atlantic 1939–44
North Africa 1942
gptkbp:beam 62 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Vickers-Armstrongs
gptkbp:class Southampton subclass
gptkbp:commissioned 5 March 1937
gptkbp:complement 750
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:decommissioned 1959
gptkbp:displacement 11,350 tons (full load)
9,100 tons (standard)
gptkbp:draught 20 ft
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Newcastle (cruiser)
gptkbp:launched 23 January 1936
gptkbp:length 591 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Newcastle_upon_Tyne
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:pennantNumber C76
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × Parsons geared steam turbines
4 × shafts
gptkbp:range 6,000 nautical miles at 13 knots
gptkbp:scrapped 1960
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 32.25 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Swan_Hunter_(cruiser)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7