HMS Richmond (D 93)

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 4 × 21 in torpedo tubes
8 × 2-pounder guns
4 × 4.7 in guns
gptkbp:awardedBy battle honors
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Town-class destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 1940
gptkbp:crew gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
approximately 200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1947
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:English_Channel
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
sold for scrap in 1949
North_Atlantic
gptkbp:displacement 1,850 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Richmond (D 93)
gptkbp:launched 1939
gptkbp:length 113.4 meters
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
Operation Overlord
Operation Dragoon
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Navy
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Navy
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:operational_status 1945
gptkbp:operationalHistory extensive_service_during_WWII
gptkbp:origin Richmond,_a_town_in_England
gptkbp:participatesIn anti-submarine warfare
convoy escort missions
naval gunfire support
shore bombardment missions
gptkbp:powers 40,000 shp
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar Type 271 radar
gptkbp:range 5,000 nautical miles at 20 knots
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
multiple captains
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Birmingham
gptkb:HMS_Sheffield
gptkb:HMS_Newcastle
gptkb:HMS_Liverpool
gptkbp:sonar Type 144 sonar
gptkbp:speed 36 knots