British Ships Involved
Aircraft Carriers
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| HMS 86/R5/R86 Implacable |
| HMS 86/R5/R86 Implacable (Implacable Class) | ||
| General Details | ||
| Nationality | British | |
| Type | Aircraft Carrier | |
| Builder | Fairfield, Govan. United Kingdom | |
| Laid down | 21 February 1939 | |
| Launched | 10 December 1942 | |
| Commissioned | 22 May 1944 | |
| Fate | Used as training carrier 1946-1949 Decom. to reserve 13 September 1951 Recom. 1952 as training carrier Decom. 1 September 1954 Sold for scrapping September 1954 |
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| Displacement | ||
| Standard | 23,000 tons | |
| Full Load | 32,300 tons | |
| Dimensions | ||
| Lenght (waterline) | 725.5' | |
| Lenght (Overall) | 766.5' | |
| Beam | 95.9' | |
| Draft | 29.4' | |
| Flight Deck Length | 765' | |
| Flight Deck Width | 132' | |
| Hangars | Upper 458' x 62' x 14' Lower 208' x 62' x 14' Due to this 14' limitation this class could not operate Corsairs |
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| Armament | ||
| Secondary Guns | 16 x 4.5"/45 cal. | |
| Heavy AA | 8 x 8-barrel pompoms(design) 40 x 40 mm in 10 quad Bofors added 1944 |
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| Light AA | 40 x 20 mm Oerlikons | |
| Aircraft | ||
| Fixed Wing | 30 bombers 6 fighters (design) 22 Avengers (1945) & 36-40 Wildcats or Hellcats (1945) |
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| Armour | ||
| Side | 4.5" vertical | |
| Deck | 3.65" | |
| Hangar | 1.36" | |
| Propulsion | ||
| Boilers | 8 Admiralty 3 drum type | |
| Turbines | Parsons Geared turbines | |
| Shafts | 4 | |
| Horsepower | 150,000 shp | |
| Endurance | N/A | |
| Speed | 32 knts | |
| Complement | ||
| Design | 1000 navy 670 airwing |
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| Usual | N/A | |
| Maximum War Time | 1400 navy 900 airwing |
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