HMS Vanguard (R38)

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:McDonnell_Douglas_Phantom_II
gptkb:Westland_Wessex
fixed-wing aircraft
de Havilland Sea Vixen
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Audacious-class aircraft carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 1958
gptkbp:crew around 3,000 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1970
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
1969
gptkbp:displacement 50,000 tons
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:firstMatch 1956
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Vanguard (R38)
gptkbp:launchDate 1944
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:notable_event participated_in_NATO_exercises
gptkbp:notable_feature radar systems
surveillance systems
command and control center
command and control systems
defensive systems
sonar systems
communications systems
angled flight deck
hangar deck
ski-jump ramp
training facilities onboard
replenishment at sea capability
hangar capacity for 20 aircraft
crew accommodation facilities
flight operations room
fuel capacity for 3,000 tons
medical facilities onboard
water capacity for 1,000 tons
navigation_systems
catapult_launch_system
gptkbp:operational_status retired
gptkbp:operationalRange 7,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:origin Vanguard of the Royal Navy
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:HMS_Invincible
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Falklands_War
Suez Crisis
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Eagle
gptkbp:speed 28 knots