HMS Eagle (S106)

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:Phantom_FG.1
40 aircraft
Skyhawk
Sea Vixen
Buccaneer S.2
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Sea_Cat_missiles
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Audacious-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1951
gptkbp:crew_size 1,500 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1978
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
1977
South_Atlantic
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
contributed_to_British_naval_aviation_development
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Eagle (S106)
gptkbp:launched 1942
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Operation_Corporate
Operation Black Buck
Operation Grapple
Operation Musketeer
gptkbp:operationalRange 2,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:productionYears 1951-1978
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Invincible_(R05)
gptkbp:secondary_mission training exercises
decommissioning ceremony
farewell tour
scrapping process
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Fieldhouse
gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Sandy_Woodward
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Henry_Leach
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal_(R09)
gptkbp:speed 30 knots