HMAS Perth (D29)

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Leander-class cruiser Royal Australian Navy ship World War II ship light cruiser warship

HMAS Perth (D29) was a Royal Australian Navy modified Leander-class light cruiser that served with distinction in World War II before being lost in action against Japanese forces in 1942.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
HMAS Perth	3
HMAS Perth (D29) canonical	2
HMAS Perth (FFH 157)	1
HMS Perth	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Leander-class cruiser ⓘ Royal Australian Navy ship ⓘ World War II ship ⓘ light cruiser ⓘ warship ⓘ
aircraftCarried	seaplane ⓘ
aircraftFacility	catapult ⓘ
armament	4 × 4-inch (102 mm) guns ⓘ 8 × 6-inch (152 mm) guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ
beam	17 meters ⓘ
builder	Portsmouth Historic Dockyard ⓘ surface form: Portsmouth Naval Dockyard
casualties	over 350 killed ⓘ
causeOfLoss	gunfire ⓘ torpedo hits ⓘ
class	Modified Leander-class cruiser ⓘ
commandingOfficer	Captain Hector Waller ⓘ
commissioned	1936-06-15 ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
crewComplement	approximately 680 ⓘ
dateOfSinking	1942-03-01 ⓘ
displacement	6850 tons standard ⓘ 8850 tons full load ⓘ
fate	sunk in action ⓘ
honoursAndAwards	battle honours for Crete 1941 ⓘ battle honours for Greece 1941 ⓘ battle honours for Java Sea 1942 ⓘ battle honours for Mediterranean 1941 ⓘ battle honours for Pacific 1941–42 ⓘ battle honours for Sunda Strait 1942 ⓘ
laidDown	1933-06-26 ⓘ
launched	1934-07-27 ⓘ
length	169 meters ⓘ
maximumSpeed	32.5 knots ⓘ
name	HMAS Perth (D29) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: HMAS Perth
namedAfter	City of Perth NERFINISHED ⓘ
navalFleet	Royal Australian Navy ⓘ
operator	Royal Australian Navy ⓘ
originalName	HMS Amphion NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Cape Matapan ⓘ Battle of Crete ⓘ German invasion of Greece ⓘ surface form: Battle of Greece Battle of the Sunda Strait ⓘ surface form: Battle of Sunda Strait Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ Malayan Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
pennantNumber	D29 ⓘ
placeOfSinking	Sunda Strait ⓘ
propulsion	four shafts ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ
servedInConflict	World War II ⓘ
sunkBy	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
survivors	over 300 captured as prisoners of war ⓘ
theatreOfOperations	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
transferDate	1939-10-29 ⓘ
transferredFrom	Royal Navy ⓘ
transferredTo	Royal Australian Navy ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Sunda Strait → shipSunk → HMAS Perth (D29) ⓘ

Battle of the Sunda Strait → AlliedShipsInvolved → HMAS Perth (D29) ⓘ

Anzac-class frigate → navalClassOf → HMAS Perth (D29) ⓘ

this entity surface form: HMAS Perth (FFH 157)

Leander class → ship → HMAS Perth (D29) ⓘ

this entity surface form: HMAS Perth

Leander class → notableShipLoss → HMAS Perth (D29) ⓘ

this entity surface form: HMAS Perth

Matapan 1941 → involvedShip → HMAS Perth (D29) ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Cape Matapan

this entity surface form: HMS Perth

HMAS Perth (D29) → name → HMAS Perth (D29) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: HMAS Perth