British heavy cruiser HMS Suffolk

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HMS Suffolk was a British County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy that notably shadowed the German battleship Bismarck during the Battle of the Denmark Strait in World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf County-class heavy cruiser
Royal Navy cruiser
aircraftFacilities catapult
hangar
armamentAA multiple smaller anti-aircraft guns
armamentMain 8 × 8-inch guns in four twin turrets
armamentSecondary 4 × 4-inch guns
battleHonour Arctic 1941–43
Atlantic 1939–41
Bismarck 1941
Burma 1944–45
Norway 1940
beam 68 feet
builder Portsmouth Dockyard NERFINISHED
carriedAircraft floatplanes
class County class NERFINISHED
Suffolk sub-class
commissioned 25 June 1928
country United Kingdom
crewComplement approximately 700
decommissioned 1948
displacementFullLoad approximately 13,400 long tons
displacementStandard approximately 10,000 long tons
draught 20 feet
enemyShipShadowed Bismarck NERFINISHED
Prinz Eugen NERFINISHED
equippedWith radar
fate scrapped
laidDown 30 September 1924
launched 16 March 1926
length 630 feet overall
maximumSpeed 31.5 knots
notableAction shadowed German battleship Bismarck in May 1941
notableEngagement Battle of the Denmark Strait NERFINISHED
operator Royal Navy
partOf Royal Navy NERFINISHED
pennantNumber 55
placeBuilt Portsmouth, England NERFINISHED
powerOutput 80,000 shaft horsepower
propulsion 4 shafts
steam turbines
radarRole locating and tracking Bismarck in poor visibility
range about 12,000 nautical miles at 12 knots
scrapped 1948
servedInConflict Second World War NERFINISHED
servedInTheatre Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED
Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
Far East
shipType heavy cruiser

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Battle of the Denmark Strait involves British heavy cruiser HMS Suffolk