HMS Wasp

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:F4_U_Corsair
gptkbp:armament 40 mm Bofors guns
gptkbp:beam 108 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Wasp-class_aircraft_carrier
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1940
1943
1945
gptkbp:crew 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
1945
gptkbp:displacement 20,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:final_deployment_location Far East
gptkbp:final_mission_location gptkb:British_Pacific_Fleet
gptkbp:final_mission_year 1945
gptkbp:has_airport gptkb:observation_deck
hangar deck
gptkbp:historical_significance Participated in major naval battles
Contributed to air superiority
Supported amphibious assaults
First British carrier to operate in the Pacific
Served as a floating airbase
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Wasp
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1917
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:mission Post-war operations
gptkbp:name gptkb:HMS_Wasp
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Operation_Hailstone
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Battle_of_Tarawa
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Indian_Ocean
Pacific Theater
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:recommissioned 1943
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:service gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Eagle
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Provincetown
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7