HMS Warspite (1944)

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:armament 12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
8 × 15 in (381 mm) guns
16 × 40 mm Bofors guns
24 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_Matapan
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
Battle of Normandy
Battle of Salerno
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned 1942
gptkbp:crew 1,200
gptkbp:decommissioned 1947
1950
gptkbp:deployedTo sold for scrap
gptkbp:displacement 33,000 tons
gptkbp:famous_for participating in major naval battles
surviving multiple hits
being_a_symbol_of_British_naval_power
gptkbp:fate scrapped
scrapped in 1950
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Warspite (1944)
gptkbp:launched November 26, 1941
gptkbp:length 837 feet (255 m)
gptkbp:nickname The Grand Old Lady
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:services gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Queen_Elizabeth
gptkb:HMS_Valiant
gptkb:HMS_Nelson
gptkb:HMS_Revenge
gptkb:HMS_Duke_of_York
gptkb:HMS_Malaya
gptkb:HMS_Rodney
gptkb:HMS_Vanguard
gptkb:HMS_Anson
gptkb:HMS_Barham
gptkb:HMS_King_George_V
HMS Resolution
HMS Royal Sovereign
HMS Howe
gptkbp:speed 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)