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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: |
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Fate: |
Scrapped in Turkey in 2011. |
Dimensions |
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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
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement
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Maximum Range / Ceiling
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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) |
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Sea Harrier FA-2 |
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Harrier GR-7 & GR-9 |
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Merlin HM Mk1 helicopter |
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Sea King Mk7 ASaC helicopter |
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Chinook CH-47 helicopter |
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Apache Longbow AH-64D helicopter |
Combat Victories |
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Date
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Name |
Type |
Tons |
Nationality |
Notes |
None |
Commanders |
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Name |
N/A |
Notes: |
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N/A |