HMS Eagle (R40)

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:McDonnell_Douglas_Phantom_II
gptkb:Westland_Wessex
gptkb:Hawker_Sea_Hawk
de Havilland Sea Vixen
Sea King helicopters
up to 40 aircraft
Harrier jump jets
Buccaneer S.2s
Vixen FAW.1s
Phantom_FG.1s
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Audacious-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1951
gptkbp:crew_size 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1978
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 50,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Eagle (R40)
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:notable_event assisted in humanitarian missions
visited multiple ports worldwide
conducted training exercises with allies
first British carrier to operate Phantom jets
participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:notable_feature angled flight deck
steam catapults
ski-jump ramp
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Falklands_War
Suez Crisis
gptkbp:operational_status retired
gptkbp:operationalRange 7,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:operationalRole anti-submarine warfare
ground attack
airborne early warning
strike operations
fleet air defense
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Invincible
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:British_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal
gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkbp:speed 30 knots