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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
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gptkbp:armament
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torpedo tubes
8 × 4-inch guns
8 × 8-inch guns
smaller anti-aircraft guns
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gptkbp:battleHonours
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gptkb:Borneo_1945
gptkb:New_Guinea_1943–44
gptkb:Leyte_Gulf_1944
gptkb:Lingayen_Gulf_1945
Pacific 1944–45
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gptkbp:beam
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66 ft (20.1 m)
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gptkbp:builder
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gptkb:William_Beardmore_and_Company
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gptkbp:builtYear
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gptkb:Dalmuir,_Scotland
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gptkbp:class
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gptkb:London_sub-class_of_County-class_cruisers
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gptkbp:commissioned
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24 September 1929
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:crewComplement
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679
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gptkbp:decommissioned
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10 November 1949
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gptkbp:displacement
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9,850 tons (standard)
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gptkbp:draught
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20 ft (6.1 m)
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gptkbp:fate
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scrapped
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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HMS Shropshire
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gptkbp:launched
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5 July 1928
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gptkbp:length
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632 ft (192.6 m)
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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Shropshire (county in England)
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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gptkb:John_Augustine_Collins
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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present at Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay, 1945
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gptkbp:operator
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gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Navy
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gptkbp:pennantNumber
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73
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gptkbp:propulsion
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steam turbines
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gptkbp:renamed
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gptkb:HMAS_Shropshire
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gptkbp:scrapped
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1954
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gptkbp:serves
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:speed
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31.5 knots
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gptkbp:transferredTo
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gptkb:Royal_Australian_Navy
1943
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:John_Brown_&_Company
gptkb:County-class_cruiser
gptkb:British_Eastern_Fleet
gptkb:London-class_cruiser
gptkb:World_War_II_cruisers_of_the_United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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