HMS Eagle (R46)

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
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
7.5 inch guns
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
gptkb:West_Indies
1953
1976
Far_East
gptkbp:displacement 50,000 tons
gptkbp:exhibits none
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:historical_significance last_conventional_aircraft_carrier_of_the_Royal_Navy
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkb:Devonport
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Eagle (R46)
gptkbp:IATA_code angled flight deck
steam catapults
landing aids
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:nickname Eagle
gptkbp:notableOperations Suez Crisis
gptkbp:operationalRange 10,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:participatesIn Operation Black Buck
Operation Grapple
Operation Musketeer
NATO_exercises
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