HMS Eagle (R12)

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:McDonnell_Douglas_Phantom_II
gptkb:Westland_Wessex
gptkb:Hawker_Sea_Hawk
de Havilland Sea Vixen
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Sea_Cat_missiles
Bofors 40 mm guns
7.62 mm machine guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:commissioned Queen Elizabeth II
1951-03-01
gptkbp:crewSize 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1978-01-30
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 50,000 tons
gptkbp:exhibits two hangars
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstDeployment 1976
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Devonport
gptkbp:firstPublished 1951
gptkbp:helicopterCapacity 40 aircraft
angled flight deck
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Eagle (R12)
gptkbp:launchDate 1950-05-02
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:notableEvent conducted humanitarian missions
conducted training exercises
participated in peacekeeping missions
first British carrier to operate Phantom jets
participated_in_NATO_exercises
visited_New_York_City
visited_Sydney
operated_with_French_Navy
operated_with_Indian_Navy
operated_with_US_Navy
participated_in_Operation_Black_Buck
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Falklands_War
Suez Crisis
gptkbp:operationalStatus retired
gptkbp:powers 100,000 shp
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
four shafts
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Centaur_(R06)
gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal_(R09)
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Invincible_(R05)