HMS Eagle (R48)

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraft Buccaneer
fixed-wing aircraft
Phantom
up to 40
Sea Vixen
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Audacious-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1951
gptkbp:crew_size around 1,500
gptkbp:decommissioned 1978
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:West_Indies
1953
1977
Far_East
gptkbp:displacement 50,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:historical_significance first British carrier to operate jets
participated_in_NATO_exercises
symbol_of_British_naval_power
largest_ship_in_the_Royal_Navy_at_the_time_of_commissioning
involved_in_Cold_War_deterrence_efforts
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Eagle (R48)
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:nickname Eagle
gptkbp:notable_event participated_in_the_Suez_Crisis
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Operation_Corporate
Operation Black Buck
Operation Grapple
Operation Musketeer
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Navy
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:operational_status decommissioned
gptkbp:operationalRange unlimited with replenishment
gptkbp:restingPlace Dismantled_in_India
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Royal_Navy
flagship
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal_(R09)
gptkbp:speed 30 knots