Invincible

Type:
Aircraft Carrier (CVS)

Hull Number:
R-05

Class:
Invincible
Number in Class:
3
Sister Ships:
Illustrious R-06
Ark Royal R-07

Built By:
Vickers Shipbuilding & Engineering LTD.
Barrow-in-Furness, UK

Awarded:
April 17, 1973

Keel Laid Down:
July 20, 1973
Launched:
May 8, 1977

Commissioned:
July 11, 1980

Decommissioned:
August 3, 2005
Stricken:


Fate:
Scrapped in Turkey in 2011.

Dimensions
Length:
685' 8"
Beam:
118'

Draft:
26'
Flight Deck Length:
550'
Flight Deck Width:
44' 3"
Displacement:
20,600 Full

Engines:
4 x Rolls Royce Olympus TM 3B Gas Turbines
MW:
72
Shafts:
2
Speed:
28
Range:
7000 NM @ 19 knots
Crew:
726
384 (Air Group)


Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
Removed in 1998
Sea Dart Missiles
Launcher
Speed Mach 2.0+
Range 30NM+

3
30mm/77 (1.2")
Goalkeeper CIWS
Single Mounts
Max. effective range 2,200 yards
4,200 rounds per minute

2
20mm/85
Oerlikon GAM-B01 AA
Single Mounts
Max. effective range 2,200 yards
900+ rounds per minute


Aircraft
(Number carried depends on roll)

Sea Harrier FA-2
Harrier GR-7 & GR-9
Merlin HM Mk1 helicopter
Sea King Mk7 ASaC helicopter
Chinook CH-47 helicopter
Apache Longbow AH-64D helicopter


Combat Victories
Date
Name
Type
Tons
Nationality
Notes
None

Commanders
From
To
Name
N/A

Notes:
N/A


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