HMS Southampton

1936 Southampton-class light cruiser
Vehicle light_cruiser Q659894
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HMS Southampton

Summary

HMS Southampton is a light cruiser[1]. It draws 50 Wikipedia views per month (light_cruiser category, ranking #68 of 299).[2]

Key Facts

  • HMS Southampton's image is recorded as HMS Southampton.jpg[3].
  • HMS Southampton's instance of is recorded as light cruiser[4].
  • HMS Southampton's instance of is recorded as shipwreck[5].
  • HMS Southampton's operator is recorded as Royal Navy[6].
  • HMS Southampton's manufacturer is recorded as John Brown & Company[7].
  • HMS Southampton's vessel class is recorded as Southampton-class light cruiser[8].
  • HMS Southampton's vessel class is recorded as Town-class light cruiser[9].
  • HMS Southampton's Commons category is recorded as HMS Southampton (83)[10].
  • HMS Southampton's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[11].
  • HMS Southampton's participated in conflict is recorded as Norwegian Campaign[12].
  • HMS Southampton's yard number is recorded as 542[13].
  • HMS Southampton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.9, 'lon': 18.4}[14].
  • HMS Southampton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g_xvq[15].
  • HMS Southampton's service entry is recorded as +1937-03-06T00:00:00Z[16].
  • HMS Southampton's significant event is recorded as ship commissioning[17].
  • HMS Southampton's significant event is recorded as keel laying[18].
  • HMS Southampton's significant event is recorded as ship launching[19].
  • HMS Southampton's pennant number is recorded as C83[20].
  • HMS Southampton's described by source is recorded as uboat.net[21].
  • HMS Southampton's described by source is recorded as naval-history.net[22].
  • HMS Southampton's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Southampton'}[23].
  • HMS Southampton's different from is recorded as HMS Southampton[24].
  • HMS Southampton's different from is recorded as HMS Southampton[25].
  • HMS Southampton's different from is recorded as HMS Southampton[26].
  • HMS Southampton's different from is recorded as HMS Southampton[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for HMS Southampton include Southampton-class light cruiser[28], a ship class[29], founded in 1936[30].

Why It Matters

HMS Southampton draws 50 Wikipedia views per month (light_cruiser category, ranking #68 of 299).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include Southampton-class light cruiser[28], a ship class[29], founded in 1936[30].

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] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . The naval war in the Atlantic (1939-1945). 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). HMS Southampton. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hms-southampton
MLA “HMS Southampton.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/hms-southampton.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hms-southampton_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{HMS Southampton}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hms-southampton}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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