HMS Hermes (R 12)

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraft Sea King helicopters
up to 30 aircraft
Harrier GR.3 jump jets
Phantom_FG.1_fighters
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Sea_Cat_missiles
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Centaur-class_aircraft_carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 1959
gptkbp:crew around 1,000 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1984
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
1982 Falklands War
gptkbp:displacement 28,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
sold for scrap in 2011
gptkbp:firstMatch gptkb:Centaur-class
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkb:Devonport
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Hermes (R 12)
gptkbp:launched 1959
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:notable_event first British carrier to operate Harrier jump jets
gptkbp:notable_feature angled flight deck
ski-jump ramp
large hangar space
modernized in 1970s
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Gulf_War
Cold_War_operations
gptkbp:operationalRange 7,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:operationalRole anti-submarine warfare
ground attack
airborne early warning
fleet air defense
gptkbp:participatesIn gptkb:Operation_Corporate
gptkbp:productionYears 1959 to 1984
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Albion
gptkb:HMS_Bulwark
gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkb:HMS_Eagle
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:HMS_Invincible