HMS Eagle (R28)

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
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 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 gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
1977
Far_East
gptkbp:displacement 50,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Eagle (R28)
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:notableOperations Suez Crisis
gptkbp:operationalHistory served in multiple conflicts
gptkbp:operationalRange 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Invincible
gptkbp:role air defense
anti-submarine warfare
power projection
strike operations
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:significantEvent involved in humanitarian missions
involved in anti-piracy operations
participated in fleet reviews
conducted training exercises with allies
engaged in naval diplomacy
conducted air strikes during conflicts
first British carrier to operate Phantom jets
visited numerous ports worldwide
participated_in_NATO_exercises
supported_NATO_operations
operated_in_the_South_Atlantic
participated_in_joint_exercises_with_US_Navy
deployed_during_the_Gulf_of_Aden_crisis
operated_during_the_Cold_War_tensions
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal
gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkbp:speed 30 knots