HMS Sphinx

1939 Halcyon-class minesweeper
Vehicle minesweeper Q5634405
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HMS Sphinx

Summary

HMS Sphinx is a minesweeper[1]. It draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (minesweeper category, ranking #20 of 139).[2]

Key Facts

  • HMS Sphinx is located in Highland[3].
  • HMS Sphinx is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • HMS Sphinx's instance of is recorded as minesweeper[5].
  • HMS Sphinx's instance of is recorded as shipwreck[6].
  • HMS Sphinx's operator is recorded as Royal Navy[7].
  • HMS Sphinx's manufacturer is recorded as William Hamilton and Company[8].
  • HMS Sphinx's vessel class is recorded as Halcyon-class minesweeper[9].
  • HMS Sphinx's said to be the same as is recorded as HMS Sphinx (possibly)[10].
  • HMS Sphinx's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[11].
  • HMS Sphinx's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 58.29734729479343, 'longitude': -3.2642784702597285, 'precision': 1e-06}[12].
  • HMS Sphinx's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j62qwx[13].
  • HMS Sphinx's Canmore ID is recorded as 114813[14].
  • HMS Sphinx's service entry is recorded as +1939-07-27T00:00:00Z[15].
  • HMS Sphinx's significant event is recorded as ship commissioning[16].
  • HMS Sphinx's significant event is recorded as ship launching[17].
  • HMS Sphinx's significant event is recorded as keel laying[18].
  • HMS Sphinx's significant event is recorded as shipwrecking[19].
  • HMS Sphinx's pennant number is recorded as J69[20].
  • HMS Sphinx's described by source is recorded as uboat.net[21].
  • HMS Sphinx's different from is recorded as HMS Sphinx[22].
  • HMS Sphinx's different from is recorded as HMS Sphinx[23].
  • HMS Sphinx's different from is recorded as HMS Sphinx[24].
  • HMS Sphinx's different from is recorded as HMS Sphinx[25].
  • HMS Sphinx's name is recorded as HMS Sphinx[26].
  • HMS Sphinx's historic county is recorded as Caithness[27].

Why It Matters

HMS Sphinx draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (minesweeper category, ranking #20 of 139).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . 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.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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