HMS Centaur (R07)

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:McDonnell_Douglas_Phantom_II
gptkb:Westland_Wessex
de Havilland Sea Vixen
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Sea_Cat_missiles
Bofors 40 mm guns
Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Centaur-class_aircraft_carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 1957
gptkbp:crew around 1,000 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1979
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
1977
Far_East
gptkbp:displacement 28,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstMatch gptkb:Centaur-class
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Centaur (R07)
gptkbp:launched 1960
gptkbp:length 265 meters
gptkbp:notable_feature defensive systems
hospital facilities
angled flight deck
modern radar systems
command and control facilities
ski-jump ramp
large hangar space
flight operations support
fuel and ammunition storage
catapult_launch_system
gptkbp:notableOperations Suez Crisis
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalHistory extensive
gptkbp:operationalRange 10,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:participatesIn Operation Black Buck
Operation Grapple
NATO_exercises
gptkbp:replacedBy light aircraft carriers
gptkbp:role multi-role carrier
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
1979
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Bulwark_(R08)
gptkb:HMS_Albion_(R16)
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Invincible_(R05)