Royal Oak-class

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:armament 8 × 15 in guns
4 × 21 in torpedo tubes
12 × 6 in guns
16 × 2-pounder guns
gptkbp:armor 12 in belt armor
6 in deck armor
gptkbp:beam 106 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:casualties few crew members survived the sinking
gptkbp:celebrates gptkb:HMS_Royal_Oak_Memorial
gptkbp:commissioned 1914
gptkbp:completed 1916
gptkbp:crew 1934
1939
1,200 personnel
gptkbp:culturalImpact inspired films
featured in documentaries
subject of books
inspired memorials
inspired naval history studies
gptkbp:currentLocation 30 meters
Scapa Flow
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:John_Brown_&_Company
gptkbp:displacement 29,150 tons
gptkbp:draft 30 ft
gptkbp:fate sunk_by_U-47
gptkbp:firstPublished 1916
1940
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first British battleship sunk by a submarine in WWII
gptkbp:homePort Scapa Flow
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Royal Oak-class
gptkbp:launched 1914
gptkbp:legacy influence on battleship design
gptkbp:length 804 ft
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:sinking_at_Scapa_Flow
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:numberBuilt 2
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × Parsons steam turbines
gptkbp:reduces 1928
gptkbp:releaseYear discovered in 1950s
gptkbp:services 1914
gptkbp:serviceYears 1941
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Revenge
HMS Resolution
gptkbp:speed 21 knots
gptkbp:website popular diving site