HMS Vanguard (23) (1944)

GPTKB entity

Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 16 × 5.25-inch (133 mm) guns
73 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns
8 × 15-inch (381 mm) guns
gptkbp:beam 108 ft (33 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:John_Brown_&_Company
gptkbp:class gptkb:Vanguard-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned 1946
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:crew 1,975
gptkbp:decommissioned 1960
gptkbp:displacement 44,500 tons (standard)
51,420 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 36 ft (11 m)
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Vanguard (23) (1944)
gptkbp:launched 1944
gptkbp:length 814 ft (248 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Vanguard_(advance_guard)
gptkbp:notableFor last battleship built for the Royal Navy
last battleship launched in the world
gptkbp:numberBuilt 1
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:pennantNumber 23
gptkbp:precededBy King George V-class battleship
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:scrapped 1960
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:status scrapped
gptkbp:successor none (last battleship)
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Royal_Family_(royal_tour_of_South_Africa,_1947)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMS_Vanguard
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5