HMS Vampire

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:armament 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
4 × 4.7 in guns
8 × 21 in torpedo tubes
1 × 4 in gun
4 × QF 4.7 in (120 mm) guns
1 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) gun
gptkbp:beam 36 ft (11 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:builder_location gptkb:Birkenhead,_England
gptkbp:class Vampire-class destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1917
1918
gptkbp:complement 190 crew members
gptkbp:crew 190
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1949
1945
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
Far East
gptkbp:displacement 1,850 tons
gptkbp:drafted_by 10 ft (3.0 m)
gptkbp:engagements multiple naval battles
gptkbp:fate scrapped
sunk by Japanese aircraft
gptkbp:final_action evacuating troops
gptkbp:historical_impact contributed to naval tactics in WWII
gptkbp:historical_significance Participated in the sinking of the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni.
Served in the Royal Navy for over 30 years.
Survived multiple engagements during WWII.
part of the Royal Navy's efforts in WWII
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Vampire
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1917
gptkbp:legacy remembered for its service in WWII
gptkbp:length 362 ft
377 ft (115 m)
gptkbp:location discovered in 2000s
underwater site in Sunda Strait
gptkbp:memorials memorials exist for the crew
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:vampires
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_the_Java_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Mediterranean
gptkb:Battle_of_Sunda_Strait
gptkbp:operational_area Pacific Theater
gptkbp:origin named after the mythical vampire
gptkbp:post_service scrapped after decommissioning
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × shafts
2 × Parsons steam turbines
gptkbp:radar gptkb:Type_285_radar
Type 291 radar
gptkbp:range 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km) at 15 knots
gptkbp:released scrapped in 1955
gptkbp:replaced_by HMS Valiant (D33)
gptkbp:role escort and destroyer duties
gptkbp:service gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Vesper
gptkb:HMS_Vengeance
gptkb:HMS_Valiant
gptkb:HMS_Vigilant
HMS Vengeance III
HMS Vesper II
HMS Valiant II
HMS Vesper III
HMS Viceroy
HMS Valiant III
HMS Viper II
HMS Viper
HMS Viper III
HMS Vengeance II
HMS Vendetta
HMS Vigilant II
HMS Vigilant III
gptkbp:sonar Type 128 sonar
gptkbp:speed 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
gptkbp:successor HMS Vampire II
gptkbp:sunk gptkb:Sunda_Strait
gptkb:1942
Japanese bombers
gptkbp:survivors some crew members rescued
gptkbp:type gptkb:V-class_destroyer
gptkbp:wreck_condition partially intact
gptkbp:year served in the East Indies Station
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Ceylon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7