Sea Weapons

Fleet Carrier (1944)

Implacable class

HMS Implacable (86)
Implacable class

Preceded by:

Illustrious (1940)

Succeeded by:

Audacious (1951)

Datafile

ClassImplacable
TypeFleet Carrier
Year1944
Crew1585-2300
Dimensions
Length205.1 m (pp)
233.6 m
Beam29.2 m
Draught8.8 m
Displacement
Empty23,450 t
Loaded32,110 t
Performance
Speed59 km/h
Range?
Machinery
Shafts4
Turbines4 x Geared steam
148,000 hp
Parsons
Boilers6 x Admiralty
FuelOil: 4,690-4,810 t
Armament
Main16 x 114-mm/45 (8 x 2)
QF 4.5-in Mk. III
-5° / +80°

Anti-Aircraft44 x 40-mm (6 x 8)
QF 2-pdr Mk. VIII
Armor
Belt114 mm
Bulkhead51 - 76 mm
Deck76 mm
Hangar51 mm
Sensors
RadarType 277
Aircraft
Aircraft60-81
Production
Built2
Total2

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Implacable 86 Fairfield21/02/193910/12/194228/08/194401/09/1954Sold/Scrapped
Indefatigable 10 John Brown03/11/193908/12/194203/05/194409/1954Sold/Scrapped

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