HMS Nigeria

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Nigeria
GPTKB entity
Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:cruiser
gptkbp:armament 6 × 6 in guns
gptkbp:armor belt armor
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built_in gptkb:Birkenhead
gptkbp:class gptkb:Crown_Colony-class
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1942-06-01
gptkbp:completed gptkb:1942
1942-06-01
gptkbp:crew 800
gptkbp:decommissioned 1949-01-01
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 10,000 tons
gptkbp:fate sold for scrap
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Nigeria
gptkbp:is_sold_at gptkb:1957
gptkbp:launched 1940-02-01
gptkbp:launched_in gptkb:Lady_Wavell
gptkbp:length 610 ft
gptkbp:named_after gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Niger
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_Matapan
gptkb:D-Day_landings
gptkb:Operation_Pedestal
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkbp:propulsion turbines
gptkbp:range 3,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:received battle honors
gptkbp:scrapped_in gptkb:1957
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:1949
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Jamaica
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:was_involved_in anti-submarine warfare
shore bombardment
convoy escort duties
gptkbp:was_ordered_in 1937
gptkbp:was_part_of gptkb:British_Pacific_Fleet
Royal Navy's post-war fleet.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMS_Jamaica
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4