HMS Verulam (R28)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf light cruiser
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament depth charges
8 × 21 in torpedo tubes
8 × 40 mm Bofors guns
4 × 4.7 in (120 mm) guns
1 × 4 in (102 mm) AA gun
8 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
gptkbp:beam 35 ft 8 in
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Swan_Hunter
gptkbp:category 1943 ships
Ships built by Swan Hunter
Type 15 frigates of the Royal Navy
V-class destroyers of the Royal Navy
gptkbp:commissioned 8 October 1943
gptkbp:complement 186
gptkbp:convertedTo 1951
light cruiser
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:decommissioned 1959
gptkbp:displacement 1,710 tons (standard)
2,530 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 14 ft 6 in
gptkbp:fate scrapped
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Verulam (R28)
gptkbp:laidDown 31 October 1942
gptkbp:launched 22 February 1943
gptkbp:length 362 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Francis_Bacon,_Viscount_St._Alban_(Baron_Verulam)
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:pennant_number_(as_frigate) gptkb:F29
gptkbp:pennantNumber R28
gptkbp:powers 40,000 shp
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
2 × Parsons geared steam turbines
gptkbp:range 4,675 nautical miles at 20 knots
gptkbp:scrapped 1965
gptkbp:speed 36 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:World_War_II_destroyers_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5