Assertion: cruiser's gun | /r/CapableOf | force their scuttling
Facets:
value: shortly afterwards
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: They were reclassified as "fast battleships," although their armour and guns still fell short compared to surviving World War I–era battleships in the American or the British navies, with dire consequences during the Pacific War, when Hiei and Kirishima were easily crippled by US gunfire during actions off Guadalcanal, forcing their scuttling shortly afterwards.