CV - HMS Eagle (R 05)

HMS Eagle (R 05)
HMS Eagle (R 05)
     
Name / Name : HMS Eagle
Type / Type : Aircraft carrier
Class / Class : Eagle (Audacious)
Codename / Pennant : R 05
Keel based /
Laid down :
24.10.1942
Run to the water /
Launched :
19.3.1946
Putting into service /
Commissioned by :
1.10.1951
Decommissioning / End of service : 1972 (scrapped 1978)
Shipyard / Built by : Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Duration / Length : (m) 245
since 1964 248
Width / Beam : (m) 41
since 1964 52
Draught / Draft : (m) 10,06
Displacement standard /
Displacement, standard :
(t)
36 800
from 1964: 43 000
a Displacement of the maximum /
Displacement, maximal :
(t)
49 950
from 1964: 50 536
Armour / Armour : (mm) flight deck - 102
hangars - 89+25,4 underlying mat.
hips - 89-102
Crew / Complement : 1745 (peace) +1000 in a state of war
Propulsion / Engines : 4x steam turbine
8 boilers
Power / Power : (HP) 152 000
Screws quantity /
Propellers, Well :
(pcs/m)
4
Speed / Speed : ( kts) 30,53
fuel Quantity / Fuel : (t) 5500
Range at the speed /
Range :
( Nm/ kts)
7000 / 14
Armament / Armament : 16x 114 mm (8xII)
61x 40 mm (8xVI,2xII,9xI)


from 1953:
8 114 mm (4xII)
48x 40 mm(5xVI,2xV,8xI)


from 1964:
8 114 mm (4xII)
6x4 Seacat SAM
Gear and equipment /
Equipment :
(radar asdic ...)
Radar Type 982 radar for the guidance of fighters
Radar Type 983 - a high-rise ensuring a
Radar Type293Q - search radar air/blood
Radar Type 960 - surveillance
Radar Type 974 -


from 1964:
Radar Type 984 3D radar for the guidance of fighters
Radar Type 965 - search radar - air
Radar Type 963 - approach radar
Aeroplanes / Aircraft : the fleet consisted of up to 60 aircraft and helicopters (according to type)
Note / Note :




Source:
Pejčoch, Ivo, Novák, Zdeněk, Hájek, Tomáš: warships[7]. 1.edition, Prague:the Ares s. r. o. 1998, 353str.,ISBN 80-86158-08-X
www.btinternet.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Eagle_(R05)
www.maritimequest.com.
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Fleet Air Arm, Westland Wyvern, Douglas Skyraider and Hawker Sea hawk aircraft on the deck of HMS Eagle.

Photo Martin Grant pic.twitter.com/2C7xiUjkBf
— Chris Bolton (@CcibChris) March 19, 2024
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