HMS Penelope

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 12 x 5.25 inch guns
gptkbp:awardedBy Battle Honours
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:casualties 300
gptkbp:celebrates HMS_Penelope_Memorial_in_Portsmouth
gptkbp:class gptkb:Dido-class_cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned 1940
gptkbp:complement 600 crew members
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:decommissioned 1970
gptkbp:defeated 18 March 1944
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Eastern_Mediterranean
gptkbp:displacement 5,800 tons
gptkbp:fate sunk in action
gptkbp:historical_significance First British ship to be sunk by a U-boat in the Mediterranean
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Penelope
gptkbp:launched 1939
gptkbp:length 613 feet
gptkbp:name gptkb:HMS_Penelope
gptkbp:nickname The Penelope
gptkbp:notableArtists gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_Matapan
gptkb:Operation_Pedestal
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:participatesIn gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
Operation Avalanche
Operation Husky
Operation Shingle
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:secondary_mission supporting_landings_at_Anzio
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Cunningham
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Bertram_Ramsay
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Andrew_Cunningham
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Louis_Mountbatten
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Birmingham
gptkb:HMS_Aurora
gptkb:HMS_Galatea
gptkb:HMS_Edinburgh
gptkb:HMS_Sheffield
gptkb:HMS_Newcastle
gptkb:HMS_Liverpool
HMS Manchester
HMS_Penelope_(1945)
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:torpedoSystem German_submarine_U-410