HMS Eagle (R03)

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:McDonnell_Douglas_Phantom_II
gptkb:Westland_Wessex
gptkb:Hawker_Sea_Hawk
40 aircraft
de Havilland Sea Vixen
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Audacious-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1951
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:crew_size 1,500
gptkbp:decommissioned 1978
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
1977
gptkbp:displacement 50,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstFlight 1951
gptkbp:historical_significance one of the last conventional aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkb:Devonport
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Eagle (R03)
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:notable_event Operation Musketeer
gptkbp:notable_feature angled flight deck
steam catapults
mirror landing system
gptkbp:notableEvent North_Atlantic
East_of_Suez
gptkbp:notableOperations Suez Crisis
gptkbp:operational_status decommissioned
gptkbp:operationalRange 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:participatesIn Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:productionYears 1951 to 1978
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Invincible_(R05)
gptkbp:role fleet carrier
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:Falklands_War
multiple commanding officers
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Centaur_(R06)
gptkb:HMS_Eagle_(R03)
gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal_(R09)
gptkbp:speed 30 knots