HMS Niobe

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 6 × 6-inch guns
2 × 18-inch torpedo tubes
4 × 12-pounder guns
gptkbp:armor Belt armor 3 inches thick
gptkbp:beam 15.2 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Chatham_Dockyard
gptkbp:built 1948
gptkbp:class Niobe-class cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned 1900
gptkbp:completed 1900
gptkbp:crew 400 personnel
gptkbp:debutYear 1897
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1946
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
South_Atlantic
gptkbp:displacement 5,400 tons
6,000 tons full load
gptkbp:draft 5.5 meters
gptkbp:famousFor Her participation in convoy operations.
Her role in naval training.
Her_historical_legacy_in_Canadian_naval_history.
Her_service_in_both_World_Wars.
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
Scrapped in 1948.
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1945
gptkbp:firstPublished 1940
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First Canadian naval ship to be named after a Greek goddess.
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Halifax,_Nova_Scotia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Niobe
gptkbp:launched March 1897
gptkbp:length 150.5 meters
gptkbp:name gptkb:HMS_Niobe
gptkbp:nickname The Niobe
gptkbp:notableEvent Convoy escort duties
Participated in the Battle of Jutland
Training ship post-war
gptkbp:operationalArea North_Atlantic
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbine
gptkbp:radar Type 271 radar
gptkbp:secondaryMission Training and reserve duties
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Navy
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Rainbow
gptkbp:speed 20 knots