Preceded by:
Courageous (1928)Succeeded by:
Illustrious (1940) | |
| Class | Ark Royal |
| Type | Fleet Carrier |
| Year | 1938 |
| Crew | 1580 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 208.8 m (pp) 243.8 m |
| Beam | 28.9 m |
| Draught | 8.5 m |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 22,000 t |
| Loaded | 27,720 t |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 57 km/h |
| Range | 14,112 km @ 37 km/h |
| Machinery | |
| Shafts | 3 |
| Turbines | 3 x Geared steam 102,000 hp Parsons |
| Boilers | 6 x Admiralty |
| Fuel | Oil: 4,620 t |
| Armament | |
| Main | 16 x 114-mm/45 (8 x 2) QF 4.5-in Mk. I -5° / +80° |
| Anti-Aircraft | 32 x 20-mm (4 x 8) Oerlikon |
| Armor | |
| Belt | 114 mm |
| Bulkhead | 64 - 76 mm |
| Deck | 64 - 89 mm |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft | 60 |
| Production | |
| Built | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
|
Ark Royal † | 91 | Cammell Laird | 16/09/1935 | 13/04/1937 | 16/11/1938 | 14/11/1941 | † | Loss by submarine |
