HMS Illustrious (R06)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Navy ship
Invincible-class aircraft carrier
gptkbp:aircraftCarried gptkb:Lynx_helicopter
gptkb:Merlin_helicopter
gptkb:Sea_Harrier
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Phalanx_CIWS
30 mm guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Falkland_Islands_1982_battle_honour
gptkbp:badge A gold star on a blue field
gptkbp:beam 36 metres
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Swan_Hunter
gptkbp:class Invincible-class aircraft carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 20 June 1982
gptkbp:complement 685
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:decommissioned 28 August 2014
gptkbp:displacement 22,000 tonnes
gptkbp:draught 7.5 metres
gptkbp:fate Scrapped in Turkey
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Illustrious (R06)
gptkbp:laidDown 7 October 1976
gptkbp:launched 1 December 1978
gptkbp:length 209 metres
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Vox_Non_Incerta
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:HMS_Illustrious_(87)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Lusty
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Commodore_Jerry_Kyd
gptkb:Rear_Admiral_Chris_Snow
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Operation_Unified_Protector
gptkb:Operation_Telic
gptkb:Operation_Palliser
gptkb:Operation_Southern_Watch
gptkb:Falklands_War_(post-conflict_operations)
gptkbp:pennantNumber R06
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines
gptkbp:role Aircraft carrier
Helicopter carrier
gptkbp:scrapped 2016
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Invincible_(R05)
gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal_(R07)
gptkbp:speed 28 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned
gptkbp:successor gptkb:ship
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Vickers-Armstrongs
gptkb:Invincible-class_aircraft_carrier
gptkb:HMS_Illustrious
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5