HMS Toronto

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 4 × 4.5 inch guns
8 × 40 mm Bofors guns
20 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newcastle_upon_Tyne
gptkb:Vickers-Armstrongs
gptkbp:built 1946
gptkbp:casualties nan
gptkbp:commissionDate 1941
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Navy
1941
gptkbp:crew 200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1945
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:English_Channel
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
North_Atlantic
gptkbp:design C-class destroyer
gptkbp:displacement 2,500 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_Robert_White
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1945
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First Canadian destroyer named after a city
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Toronto,_Canada
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Toronto
gptkbp:launchDate April 1940
gptkbp:launched 1940
gptkbp:length 113.4 meters
gptkbp:nickname The_Toronto
gptkbp:notableArtists gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkb:Captain_James_Brown
gptkbp:notableEvent Convoy escort missions
Supported D-Day landings
Participated_in_the_Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalArea European_waters
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:propulsion Geared turbines
gptkbp:range 5,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy Modern destroyers
gptkbp:role Air defense
Anti-submarine warfare
Surface warfare
gptkbp:secondaryMission Escort_duty
gptkbp:services gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Algonquin
gptkbp:speed 36 knots
gptkbp:type gptkb:Destroyer