HMS Eagle (R35)

GPTKB entity

Properties (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraft 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:conflict gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:crew_size 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1978
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
1956
1977
South_Atlantic
gptkbp:displacement 50,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkb:Devonport
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Eagle (R35)
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:navalFleet gptkb:British_Home_Fleet
gptkbp:nickname Eagle
gptkbp:notable_event participated in Operation Shader
first British carrier to operate jets
participated_in_NATO_exercises
participated_in_Operation_Grapple
visited_Australia
visited_Canada
visited_New_York_City
participated_in_Operation_Black_Buck
participated_in_Operation_Corporate
participated_in_Operation_Musketeer
participated_in_Operation_Shader_II
gptkbp:notableOperations Suez Crisis
gptkbp:operational_status decommissioned
gptkbp:operationalRange 7,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:operationalRole anti-submarine warfare
air support
fleet air defense
strike carrier
training carrier
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Invincible
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal
gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkbp:speed 30 knots