HMS Penelope

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Penelope
GPTKB entity
Statements (41)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 1 × Supermarine Seafire
gptkbp:armament 8 × 6 in guns
gptkbp:awards Battle Honours
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Dido-class_cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned 1940-01-15
gptkbp:crew 600 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1944-01-12
gptkbp:displacement 5,800 tons
gptkbp:fate sunk
gptkbp:historical_significance gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Devonport
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Penelope
gptkbp:launch_date 1939-05-24
gptkbp:length 186.5 meters
gptkbp:name gptkb:HMS_Penelope
gptkbp:nickname The Fighting Penelope
gptkbp:notable_move gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_Matapan
gptkb:Operation_Pedestal
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
gptkbp:radar gptkb:Type_281
gptkbp:range 3,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:resting_place gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:service gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Birmingham
gptkb:HMS_Aurora
gptkb:HMS_Manchester
gptkb:HMS_Galatea
gptkb:HMS_Edinburgh
gptkb:HMS_Sheffield
gptkb:HMS_Newcastle
gptkb:HMS_Liverpool
HMS Penelope (1945)
gptkbp:sonar Type 144
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:status gptkb:website
gptkbp:sunk gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
1944-02-18
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Leander-class_frigate
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6