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
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Eagle_(R05)
www.maritimequest.com.