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HMS Repulse (Royal Navy ship)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/HMS_Repulse_(Royal_Navy_ship)
GPTKB entity
Statements (37)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
Renown-class battlecruiser
gptkbp:armament
17 × 4-inch guns
6 × 15-inch guns
8 × 21-inch torpedo tubes
gptkbp:awards
Battle Honour: Atlantic 1939
Battle Honour: Bismarck 1941
Battle Honour: Malaya 1941
Battle Honour: Norway 1940
gptkbp:badge
A lion rampant
gptkbp:beam
89 ft (27 m)
gptkbp:builder
gptkb:John_Brown_&_Company
gptkbp:class
Renown-class battlecruiser
gptkbp:commissioned
18 August 1916
gptkbp:conflict
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:crewComplement
1,181
gptkbp:decommissioned
10 December 1941
gptkbp:displacement
32,000 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught
29 ft (8.8 m)
gptkbp:fate
sunk by Japanese aircraft
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
HMS Repulse (Royal Navy ship)
gptkbp:laidDown
22 January 1915
gptkbp:launched
8 January 1916
gptkbp:length
794 ft (242 m)
gptkbp:locationSunk
gptkb:South_China_Sea,_off_Kuantan,_Malaya
gptkbp:namedAfter
Repulse (previous Royal Navy ships)
gptkbp:notableCommander
gptkb:Captain_William_Tennant
gptkbp:operator
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:part_of
gptkb:Force_Z
gptkbp:pennantNumber
1916: 26
gptkbp:propulsion
steam turbines
gptkbp:sisterShip
gptkb:HMS_Renown
gptkbp:speed
32 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy
10 December 1941
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Repulse_Bay
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5