HMS Artifex

1924 liner converted to armed merchant cruiser
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HMS Artifex

Summary

HMS Artifex is an armed merchant cruiser[1]. It draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (armed_merchant_cruiser category, ranking #3 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • HMS Artifex's image is recorded as HMS Artifex.jpg[3].
  • HMS Artifex's instance of is recorded as armed merchant cruiser[4].
  • HMS Artifex's instance of is recorded as ocean liner[5].
  • HMS Artifex's operator is recorded as Royal Navy[6].
  • HMS Artifex's manufacturer is recorded as Swan Hunter[7].
  • HMS Artifex's Commons category is recorded as Aurania (ship, 1924)[8].
  • HMS Artifex's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • HMS Artifex's shipping port is recorded as Liverpool[10].
  • HMS Artifex's yard number is recorded as 1127[11].
  • HMS Artifex's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05223dj[12].
  • HMS Artifex's service entry is recorded as +1924-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • HMS Artifex's significant event is recorded as ship commissioning[14].
  • HMS Artifex's significant event is recorded as ship launching[15].
  • HMS Artifex's pennant number is recorded as F28[16].
  • HMS Artifex's described by source is recorded as uboat.net[17].
  • HMS Artifex's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+164.6'}[18].
  • HMS Artifex's speed is recorded as {'unit': 'Q128822', 'amount': '+15'}[19].
  • HMS Artifex's beam is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+19.90'}[20].
  • HMS Artifex's draft is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+9.6'}[21].
  • HMS Artifex's name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'HMS Artifex'}[22].
  • HMS Artifex's country of registry is recorded as United Kingdom[23].

Why It Matters

HMS Artifex draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (armed_merchant_cruiser category, ranking #3 of 10).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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