Centaur-class aircraft carrier

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:transport_aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:Mc_Donnell_Douglas_Phantom_II
gptkb:Westland_Wessex
gptkb:Hawker_Sea_Hawk
gptkb:de_Havilland_Sea_Vixen
40 aircraft
arrestor wires
steam catapults
two hangar decks
gptkbp:aircraft_type fixed-wing aircraft
helicopters
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Sea_Cat_missiles
40 mm Bofors guns
4.5 inch guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:HMS_Albion
gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:crew_capacity 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:HMS_Albion
gptkb:HMS_Bulwark
gptkb:1979
gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkbp:displacement 20,000 tons
gptkbp:fighting_style ECM systems
gptkbp:flight_deck angled flight deck
gptkbp:has_airport catapults and arrestor wires
gptkbp:height 60 meters
gptkbp:historical_significance first British carrier with angled flight deck.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Centaur-class aircraft carrier
gptkbp:length 245 meters
804 feet
gptkbp:nickname The Mighty Centaur
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkb:Suez_Crisis
gptkbp:number_built gptkb:3
gptkbp:operational_range unlimited range with replenishment
gptkbp:operational_status decommissioned
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar gptkb:Type_965_radar
Type 993 radar
gptkbp:role fleet carrier
gptkbp:scrapped_year gptkb:1980
gptkbp:service gptkb:1979
1953
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Albion
gptkb:HMS_Bulwark
gptkbp:sonar gptkb:Type_174_sonar
gptkbp:speed 28 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Invincible-class_aircraft_carrier
gptkbp:width 31.7 meters
104 feet
gptkbp:year_created 1953
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5