HMS Repulse

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:Seafire_aircraft
gptkbp:armament 8 × 15 in guns
4 × 4 in guns
8 × 2-pounder guns
4 × .50 in machine guns
gptkbp:armor 6 in
gptkbp:beam 104 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built_in gptkb:Birkenhead,_England
gptkbp:class gptkb:Renown-class_battlecruiser
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_William_Gordon_Campbell
gptkb:Captain_John_Leach
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1916-05-01
gptkbp:crew 1,200
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1941-02-01
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Far_East_Station
gptkbp:displacement 33,500 tons
gptkbp:drafted_by 30 ft
gptkbp:famous_for Sinking during WWII
gptkbp:fate sunk
gptkbp:historical_impact Influenced naval strategy
gptkbp:historical_role gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkbp:historical_significance One of the last battlecruisers in service
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Repulse
gptkbp:launch_date 1916-02-02
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Lady_Mabel_Laird
gptkbp:length 840 ft
gptkbp:mission gptkb:Operation_Matador
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Repulse
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Tom_Phillips
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Malaya
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Denmark_Strait
gptkb:Malayan_Campaign
gptkbp:operational_range 10,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Royal_Navy_fleet
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar gptkb:Type_281_radar
gptkbp:resting_place gptkb:South_China_Sea
gptkbp:revival 1930s modernization
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Pacific_Theatre
1941
gptkbp:service gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Renown
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:sunk gptkb:transport_aircraft
gptkb:South_China_Sea
1941-12-10
gptkbp:survivors gptkb:40
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:HMS_Barham
gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Doveton_Sturdee
gptkb:cruiser
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4