HMS Jamaica

1940 Crown Colony-class light cruiser
Vehicle light_cruiser Q1304056
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HMS Jamaica

Summary

HMS Jamaica is a light cruiser[1]. It draws 73 Wikipedia views per month (light_cruiser category, ranking #49 of 299).[2]

Key Facts

  • HMS Jamaica's image is recorded as HMS Jamaica anchored.jpg[3].
  • HMS Jamaica's instance of is recorded as light cruiser[4].
  • HMS Jamaica's operator is recorded as Royal Navy[5].
  • HMS Jamaica's manufacturer is recorded as Vickers-Armstrongs[6].
  • HMS Jamaica's vessel class is recorded as Crown Colony-class light cruiser[7].
  • HMS Jamaica's Commons category is recorded as HMS Jamaica (ship, 1940)[8].
  • HMS Jamaica's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • HMS Jamaica's armament is recorded as cannon[10].
  • HMS Jamaica's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[11].
  • HMS Jamaica's participated in conflict is recorded as Battle of the North Cape[12].
  • HMS Jamaica's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02dw51[13].
  • HMS Jamaica's service entry is recorded as +1942-06-29T00:00:00Z[14].
  • HMS Jamaica's significant event is recorded as ship commissioning[15].
  • HMS Jamaica's significant event is recorded as ship launching[16].
  • HMS Jamaica's significant event is recorded as ship decommissioning[17].
  • HMS Jamaica's significant event is recorded as keel laying[18].
  • HMS Jamaica's pennant number is recorded as 44[19].
  • HMS Jamaica's location of creation is recorded as Barrow-in-Furness[20].
  • HMS Jamaica's described by source is recorded as uboat.net[21].
  • HMS Jamaica's different from is recorded as Perçante[22].
  • HMS Jamaica's different from is recorded as HMS Jamaica[23].
  • HMS Jamaica's different from is recorded as HMS Jamaica[24].
  • HMS Jamaica's speed is recorded as {'unit': 'Q128822', 'amount': '+32.25'}[25].
  • HMS Jamaica's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q191118', 'amount': '+8000'}[26].
  • HMS Jamaica's name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'HMS Jamaica'}[27].

Why It Matters

HMS Jamaica draws 73 Wikipedia views per month (light_cruiser category, ranking #49 of 299).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The naval war in the Atlantic (1939-1945). wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . The naval war in the Atlantic (1939-1945). wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . The naval war in the Atlantic (1939-1945). wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . The naval war in the Atlantic (1939-1945). wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hms-jamaica_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{HMS Jamaica}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hms-jamaica}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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