HMS Dorsetshire
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HMS Dorsetshire was a British Royal Navy heavy cruiser that served during World War II, notably in the Indian Ocean before being sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1942.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HMS Dorsetshire canonical | 2 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
County-class heavy cruiser
ⓘ
Royal Navy cruiser ⓘ |
| action | fired torpedoes at Bismarck on 1941-05-27 ⓘ |
| aircraftFacilities |
catapult
ⓘ
hangar ⓘ |
| armamentAA | multiple smaller anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| armamentPrimary | 8 × 8-inch guns ⓘ |
| armamentSecondary | 4 × 4-inch guns ⓘ |
| attackedBy | Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft ⓘ |
| beam | 20.1 m ⓘ |
| builder |
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
ⓘ
surface form:
Portsmouth Dockyard
|
| commissioned | 1930-09-30 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewComplement | about 700 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | 13340 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | 9850 long tons ⓘ |
| draught | 6.2 m ⓘ |
| fate | sunk in action ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1927-09-21 ⓘ |
| launched | 1929-01-29 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | 192 m ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 31.5 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Dorset ⓘ |
| navalEnsign | White Ensign ⓘ |
| notableEngagement |
Operation Rheinübung
ⓘ
surface form:
Pursuit of the German battleship Bismarck
|
| operation | Indian Ocean raid ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eastern Fleet
ⓘ
surface form:
British Eastern Fleet
|
| pennantNumber | 40 ⓘ |
| powerOutput | 80000 shp ⓘ |
| propulsion |
8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | 8700 nmi at 12 knots ⓘ |
| rescued | survivors from Bismarck ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1930 ⓘ |
| shipClass | County class ⓘ |
| sisterShip |
HMS Devonshire
ⓘ
HMS London ⓘ HMS Norfolk ⓘ HMS Suffolk ⓘ |
| subClassOf | heavy cruiser ⓘ |
| sunkBy | Japanese carrier-based dive bombers ⓘ |
| sunkIn | Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| sunkNear | off Ceylon ⓘ |
| sunkOn | 1942-04-05 ⓘ |
| theatre |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ South Atlantic ⓘ |
| yearBuilt | 1929 ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.