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Illustrious-class aircraft carrier

Aircraft carrierUnited KingdomRetired
Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
Photo: Municipal Archives of Trondheim from Trondheim, Norway · CC BY 2.0 · background removed

Key specs

Type
Aircraft carrier
Shipyards
Vickers-Armstrongs, Harland & Wolff
First commissioned
1940
Last retired
1968
Status
Retired
Ships completed
4
Ships planned
6
Crew
1,229

Aircraft carrier

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Performance

Dimensions and weights
Displacement
23,368 t
Length
225.55 m
Beam
28.96 m
Draught
8.53 m
Performance
Maximum speed
30.5 kn (56 km/h)
Range
10,700 nmi (19,816 km)
Power
83,000 kW
Armament
Armament
8 × 114 mm QF 4.5-inch6 × QF 2-pdr

Operators

United Kingdom

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Illustrious-class aircraft carrier, Wikipedia

Figures from the ship infobox of the English Wikipedia article, for the class as a whole. Armament lists what the ships carried or carry.