HMS Ark Royal

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:transport_aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:Phantom_FG.1
gptkb:Harrier_GR.3
gptkb:Buccaneer_S.2
gptkb:Sea_King_HAS.1
fixed-wing aircraft
40 aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft_type gptkb:Phantom_FG.1
gptkb:Sea_Vixen
gptkb:Ghost
gptkb:Buccaneer_S.2
gptkb:Sea_King_HAS.1
gptkb:Buccaneer
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Sea_Dart_missiles
gptkb:Bofors_40_mm_guns
7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:built_in gptkb:Birkenhead,_England
gptkbp:class gptkb:Audacious-class_aircraft_carrier
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1955
gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_II
gptkbp:crew_capacity 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1979
gptkb:2010
gptkb:Royal_Navy
14 June 1979
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:1979
gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:Persian_Gulf
North Atlantic
gptkbp:displacement 50,000 tons
gptkbp:famous_for air operations during the Cold War
participation in NATO exercises
supporting British forces in conflicts
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:first_flight gptkb:1979
gptkbp:historical_significance last conventional aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Ark Royal
gptkbp:launch_date 1950-02-05
gptkbp:launched 1950
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:name gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Royal_Ark
gptkb:The_Ark
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Captain_Johnnie_Walker
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:notable_feature angled flight deck
hangar deck
island superstructure
ski-jump ramp
catapult system
gptkbp:notable_mission gptkb:Operation_Corporate
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Exercise_Atlantic_Resolve
gptkb:Exercise_Joint_Warrior_2020
gptkb:Exercise_Joint_Warrior
gptkb:Exercise_Trident_Juncture
gptkb:Exercise_Baltic_Protector
gptkb:Exercise_Northern_Strike
gptkb:Exercise_Lionheart
Exercise Sea Breeze
Exercise Cold Response
Exercise Black Eagle
Exercise Joint Venture
Exercise Noble Ledger
Exercise Ocean Safari
Exercise Purple Warrior
Exercise Sea Eagle
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operational_period 1955-1979
1955 to 1979
gptkbp:operational_range 1,500 nautical miles
8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:operational_use air defense
anti-submarine warfare
amphibious assault
strike operations
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Operation_Granby
gptkb:Operation_Shader
gptkb:Operation_Corporate
gptkb:Operation_Telic
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:HMS_Invincible
gptkb:HMS_Illustrious
gptkbp:served_as gptkb:Retail
flagship of the Royal Navy
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Operation_Shader
gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_II
gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Royal_Navy
NATO operations
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Vengeance
gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkb:HMS_Eagle
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Invincible
gptkbp:sunk gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:1979
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_Royal_Navy
gptkb:HMS_Invincible
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:HMS_Eagle
gptkb:Bismarck
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Henry_Harwood
gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Doveton_Sturdee
gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Sir_Doveton_Sturdee
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4