HMS Eagle (R29)

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraft fixed-wing aircraft
up to 40
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Sea_Cat_missiles
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:capacity helicopters
gptkbp:class Audacious-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1962
1962-05-30
May 30, 1962
gptkbp:constructedIn Birkenhead
gptkbp:crew_size around 1,500
gptkbp:decommissioned 1978-01-30
January 30, 1978
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
1977
gptkbp:discontinued 1980
gptkbp:displacement 50,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstMatch no
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Plymouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Eagle (R29)
gptkbp:is_designed_to air superiority missions
gptkbp:is_equipped_with catapults and arrestor wires
gptkbp:is_involved_in humanitarian missions
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:British_Fleet
Royal_Navy's_fleet
gptkbp:is_used_in aircraft operations
gptkbp:launched 1960-05-01
May 1, 1960
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:missions Operation Black Buck
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:notable_feature angled flight deck
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:operationalRange unlimited with replenishment
gptkbp:participatesIn NATO_exercises
gptkbp:previousName Eagle
gptkbp:productionYears 1962-1978
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Invincible_(R05)
gptkbp:retired 1978
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Navy
flagship
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal_(R09)
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:succeededBy gptkb:HMS_Invincible_(R05)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Invincible_(R05)