HMS Vanguard

GPTKB entity

Statements (63)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:armament 8 × 15-inch guns
12 × 6-inch guns
40 × 40 mm Bofors guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Vanguard-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1960
1946
1946-05-05
1946-05-15
gptkbp:crew_capacity 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1970
1970-03-30
1970-05-07
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
North Atlantic
Far East
gptkbp:displacement 50,000 tons
gptkbp:famous_event gptkb:Operation_Grapple
gptkb:Operation_Musketeer
Queen Elizabeth II's coronation review
gptkbp:famous_for being the last battleship of the Royal Navy.
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:historical_significance last battleship built for the Royal Navy
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Vanguard
gptkbp:launch_date 1944-02-16
gptkbp:launched 1944-02-16
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:nickname The Mighty Vanguard
gptkbp:notable_event served as a flagship
participated in the Korean War
took part in the Fleet Review in 1953
visited the United States in 1960
participated in the Fleet Review in 1953
gptkbp:operates_in NATO exercises
British waters
Mediterranean operations
gptkbp:operational_history 1946-1970
gptkbp:origin gptkb:investors
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar gptkb:Type_277_radar
gptkb:Type_293_radar
gptkbp:range unlimited at sea
gptkbp:replaced_by aircraft carriers
gptkbp:scrapped_in gptkb:1974
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Duke_of_York
gptkb:HMS_Anson
gptkb:HMS_Howe
gptkbp:speed 28 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Ligurian_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Nile
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:Admiral_Louis_Mountbatten
gptkb:HMS_Hood
gptkb:HMS_Barham
gptkb:British_naval_forces
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Henry_Harwood
gptkb:The_Royal_Navy
gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Sir_Doveton_Sturdee
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4