HMS Eagle (R21)

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
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 gptkb:Sea_Cat_missiles
Bofors 40 mm guns
Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Audacious-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1951
gptkbp:crew_size around 1,500
gptkbp:decommissioned 1978
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:West_Indies
1977
Far_East
gptkbp:displacement 50,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstMatch 1950
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Eagle (R21)
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:notable_event conducted humanitarian missions
first British carrier to operate jets
participated in the 1977 Silver Jubilee Fleet Review
participated_in_NATO_exercises
operated_in_the_Persian_Gulf
participated_in_Operation_Grapple
operated_in_the_Caribbean
visited_Australia
visited_Canada
visited_New_York_City
participated_in_joint_exercises_with_US_Navy
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Cold_War
Suez Crisis
gptkbp:operationalRange 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Invincible
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal
gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkb:HMS_Eagle_(R05)
gptkbp:speed 30 knots