HMS Albion (R09)

GPTKB entity

Properties (64)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:Westland_Wessex
gptkb:Bristol_Sycamore
gptkb:Hawker_Sea_Hawk
Buccaneer
Phantom
de Havilland Sea Vixen
Sea Vixen
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Sea_Cat_missiles
20 mm Oerlikon cannons
4.5 inch guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built 1979
Dundee
gptkbp:class gptkb:Centaur-class_aircraft_carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 1949
gptkbp:crew 1,000 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Plymouth
1973
1973-03-30
gptkbp:deployedTo 1971
1972
1973
gptkbp:displacement 28,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Plymouth
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Albion (R09)
gptkbp:launched 1947
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkb:Operation_Corporate
Operation Black Buck
Operation Grapple
Operation Musketeer
gptkbp:notable_feature angled flight deck
hangar deck
ski-jump ramp
steam catapult
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
Far_East
North_Atlantic
South_Atlantic
gptkbp:participatesIn Suez Crisis
Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Invincible
gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal
gptkb:HMS_Illustrious
gptkbp:role aircraft carrier
command ship
Amphibious assault ship
assault ship
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Royal_Navy
Suez Crisis
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Bulwark
gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkb:HMS_Eagle
gptkb:HMS_Hermes
gptkb:HMS_Albion_(R09)
HMS Vengeance
gptkbp:speed 30 knots