HMS Yarrow

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:armament 4 × 4.5 inch guns
8 × 40 mm Bofors guns
10 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
gptkbp:beam 36 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Royal_Navy
1943
gptkbp:completed 1943
gptkbp:crewSize 200
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
gptkbp:deployedTo Operation Overlord
D-Day landings
Operation Dragoon
Operation Neptune
gptkbp:displacement 1,500 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstDeployment gptkb:Operation_Blackcock
gptkb:Operation_Bluecoat
gptkb:Operation_Goodwood
1945
Operation Market Garden
Operation Charnwood
Operation Epsom
Operation Plunder
Operation Varsity
Operation Veritable
Operation Totalize
Operation Tractable
Operation Goldflake
Operation_Postern
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Anti-submarine warfare
Fleet operations
Naval gunfire support
Convoy protection
Escort_duties
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Yarrow
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 366 feet
gptkbp:nickname Y-class destroyer
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
North_Atlantic
gptkbp:propulsion Geared turbines
gptkbp:radar Type 271 radar
gptkbp:range 3,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Daring
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Zephyr
gptkbp:sonar Type 147 sonar
gptkbp:speed 36 knots