HMS Rawalpindi

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Royal Navy ship armed merchant cruiser

HMS Rawalpindi was a British armed merchant cruiser in World War II, famed for her doomed but courageous stand against vastly superior German battleships.

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Label	Occurrences
HMS Rawalpindi canonical	2

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Navy ship ⓘ armed merchant cruiser ⓘ
allegiance	United Kingdom ⓘ
armament	3-inch guns ⓘ 6-inch guns ⓘ
builder	Harland and Wolff ⓘ
captainRank	Captain ⓘ
casualties	most of crew killed ⓘ
causeOfSinking	gunfire from German battleships ⓘ
class	armed merchant cruiser (converted passenger liner) ⓘ
commandingOfficer	Captain Edward Coverley Kennedy ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
conversionToArmedMerchantCruiser	1939 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
crewComplement	approximately 300 ⓘ
dateOfSinking	23 November 1939 ⓘ
displacement	approximately 16,700 tons ⓘ
engagedShip	German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
fate	sunk in action ⓘ
flag	White Ensign ⓘ
hullMaterial	steel ⓘ
launchDate	1925 ⓘ
namedAfter	Rawalpindi ⓘ city in British India ⓘ
notableEngagement	Action of 23 November 1939 ⓘ
notableFor	courageous last stand against superior forces ⓘ
notedIn	Royal Navy histories of World War II ⓘ
operator	Royal Navy ⓘ
originalUse	passenger liner ⓘ
placeOfSinking	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean near Iceland ⓘ
prewarOwner	Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company ⓘ
prewarService	P&O passenger service ⓘ
propulsion	steam turbines ⓘ
role	ocean escort ⓘ patrol duties ⓘ
serviceBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
serviceEntry	1939 ⓘ
status	war grave ⓘ
survivorsRescuedBy	British ships ⓘ German warships ⓘ
symbolism	example of sacrifice against overwhelming odds ⓘ
theatreOfOperations	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Northern Patrol ⓘ

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German battleship Scharnhorst → engagedShip → HMS Rawalpindi ⓘ

German battleship Scharnhorst → sank → HMS Rawalpindi ⓘ