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spidge · 09-11-2007, 06:00 AM

Ark Royal Class

Fleet Carrier (CV)
http://uboat.net/allies/warships/cla...ID=99&navy=HMS

hms_ark_royal.jpg

Displacement: 22,352 tons standard ; 28,143 tons full load
Dimensions: 685 pp, 721.5 wl, 800 oa x 94.75 x 27.75 feet
Propulsion: Steam Turbines (6 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 3 shafts, Parsons geared turbines), 102,000 shp.
Speed: 31 knots
Range: 7,600 nmiles at 20 knots
Compliment: 1600 (including air group)
Aircraft: 60+ (48 Swordfish, 12-24 Osprey (later Skua))
Guns: 8 x twin 4.5 inch ; 48 x 2 pdr ; 32 x 0.5 inch

First purpose built large British carrier. The large aircraft capacity was made possible by a full length two level hangar which gave the ship a distinctive tall look.

HMS Ark Royal

Built by Cammell Laird. Laid down 16 September 1935. Launched 13 April 1937. Commissioned 16 November 1938. Sunk 13 November 1941 by a torpedo from German submarine U81, off Gibraltar.

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spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,171 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 5	British Aircraft Carrier HMS Ark Royal Ark Royal Class Fleet Carrier (CV) http://uboat.net/allies/warships/cla...ID=99&navy=HMS hms_ark_royal.jpg Displacement: 22,352 tons standard ; 28,143 tons full load Dimensions: 685 pp, 721.5 wl, 800 oa x 94.75 x 27.75 feet Propulsion: Steam Turbines (6 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 3 shafts, Parsons geared turbines), 102,000 shp. Speed: 31 knots Range: 7,600 nmiles at 20 knots Compliment: 1600 (including air group) Aircraft: 60+ (48 Swordfish, 12-24 Osprey (later Skua)) Guns: 8 x twin 4.5 inch ; 48 x 2 pdr ; 32 x 0.5 inch First purpose built large British carrier. The large aircraft capacity was made possible by a full length two level hangar which gave the ship a distinctive tall look. HMS Ark Royal Built by Cammell Laird. Laid down 16 September 1935. Launched 13 April 1937. Commissioned 16 November 1938. Sunk 13 November 1941 by a torpedo from German submarine U81, off Gibraltar. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm Last edited by spidge; 09-11-2007 at 06:41 AM.