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HMS Illustrious |
Type: |
Aircraft Carrier |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness, England |
Pennant Number: |
87 |
Ordered: |
January 13, 1937 |
Launched: |
April 5, 1939 |
Keel Laid: |
April 27, 1937 |
Commissioned: |
May 25, 1940 |
Fate: |
Sold in 1956 to Shipbreaking Industries and scrapped at Faslane, Scotland in 1956-57. |
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Builder's Data |
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Page published June 24, 2008 |