HMS Eagle (R50)

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:Westland_Wessex
gptkb:Hawker_Sea_Hawk
de Havilland Sea Vixen
up to 40 aircraft
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Sea_Cat_missiles
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
1977
Far_East
South_Atlantic
gptkbp:displacement 50,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstMatch Audacious-class aircraft carriers
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Eagle (R50)
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:notable_feature angled flight deck
steam catapults
mirror landing system
gptkbp:notableEvent Exercise Sea Breeze
Exercise Joint Warrior
Exercise Sea Dragon
Exercise Sea Shield
Exercise Black Buck
Exercise Ocean Safari
Exercise Sea Eagle
Exercise Sea Hawk
Exercise Sea King
Exercise Sea Lion
Exercise Sea Storm
Exercise Sea Watch
gptkbp:notableOperations Suez Crisis
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:British_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:operationalRange 1,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:operationalRole anti-submarine warfare
airborne early warning
strike operations
fleet air defense
gptkbp:productionYears 1951-1978
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Invincible
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal
gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkbp:speed 30 knots