Hiei-class

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf warship class
gptkbp:armament 8 × 356 mm guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:commissioned 1914
gptkbp:commissioningDate December 1914
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:displacement 35,000 tons
gptkbp:engagements Battle of Surigao Strait
gptkbp:fate sunk in action
gptkbp:firstMatch Hiei
Kirishima
gptkbp:historical_significance first modern battleships of Japan
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:home_port Kure
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hiei-class
gptkbp:is_designed_to Kawasaki
gptkbp:is_used_in gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:launched 1914
gptkbp:length 230 meters
gptkbp:notable_event Battle of Surigao Strait
gptkbp:notable_feature high speed
heavy armament
advanced design for its time
gptkbp:notableArtists gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Midway
gptkbp:operationalRange gptkb:East_China_Sea
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:South_China_Sea
gptkbp:origin Hiei Mountain
gptkbp:participatesIn gptkb:World_War_II
Second Sino-Japanese War
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:resolution 305 mm
gptkbp:role naval warfare
fleet support
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:Kongo
Kirishima
sunk by air attack
Haruna
gptkbp:speed 28 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Kongo-class
gptkbp:type battleship
gptkbp:vesselType 4