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HMS Penzance

1930 Hastings-class sloop
Vehicle sloop_of_war Q4351544
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Summary

HMS Penzance is a sloop-of-war[1]. It draws 45 Wikipedia views per month (sloop of war category, ranking #20 of 122).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: shipwreck[3]
  • Operator: Royal Navy[4]
  • Manufacturer: HMNB Devonport[5]
  • Vessel class: Hastings-class sloop-of-war[6]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[7]
  • Coordinate location: 56.26666667, -27.31666667[8]
  • Service entry: January 15, 1931[9]
  • Significant event: ship commissioning[10], ship launching[11], keel laying[12], ship completed[13]
  • Pennant number: L28[14]
  • Described by source: uboat.net[15], naval-history.net[16]
  • Different from: HMS Penzance[17]
  • Name: HMS Penzance[18]
  • Country of registry: United Kingdom[19]

Why It Matters

HMS Penzance has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → uboat.net, naval-history.net
    Instance of → sloop-of-war, shipwreck
    Significant event → ship commissioning, ship launching, keel laying +1
    Operator → Royal Navy
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Mediawiki page id: 21506, Add qualifier to Dreadnought Project page `H.M.S._Penzance_(1930)`"
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