HMS Eagle (R23)

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraft 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 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1978
gptkbp:deployedTo 1956
1977
gptkbp:displacement 50,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
sold for scrap
gptkbp:historical_significance last_conventional_aircraft_carrier_of_the_Royal_Navy
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Devonport
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Eagle (R23)
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Operation_Corporate
Operation Shader
Operation Black Buck
Operation Grapple
Operation Musketeer
gptkbp:notable_feature command and control systems
aircraft maintenance facilities
angled flight deck
defensive armament
steam catapults
modern radar systems
large hangar space
flight deck operations
mirror landing system
gptkbp:notableOperations Suez Crisis
gptkbp:operational_status decommissioned
gptkbp:operationalRange 7,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Invincible
gptkbp:role fleet carrier
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Albion
gptkb:HMS_Bulwark
gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkbp:speed 30 knots