HMS Eagle (R13)

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:McDonnell_Douglas_Phantom_II
gptkb:Westland_Wessex
gptkb:Hawker_Sea_Hawk
de Havilland Sea Vixen
up to 40 aircraft
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Audacious-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1951
gptkbp:crew_size around 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1978
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
1977
gptkbp:displacement 50,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
sold for scrap in 1980
gptkbp:firstFlight 1951
gptkbp:historical_significance one of the last conventional aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy.
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkb:Devonport
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Eagle (R13)
gptkbp:IATA_code catapults and arrestor wires
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:notable_event participated_in_the_Suez_Crisis
gptkbp:notable_feature angled flight deck
multiple elevators
steam catapults
modern radar systems
large hangar space
gptkbp:operationalHistory conducted humanitarian missions
served_in_NATO_operations
participated_in_exercises_with_US_Navy
supported_British_forces_in_conflicts
gptkbp:operationalRange 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:operationalRole air defense
anti-submarine warfare
ground attack
gptkbp:productionYears 1951 to 1978
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Invincible
gptkbp:role fleet carrier
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:significantEvent Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal
gptkbp:speed 30 knots