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The Invincible class was a class of light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Navy.Three ships were constructed: HMS Invincible, HMS Illustrious and HMS Ark Royal.The vessels were built as aviation-capable anti-submarine warfare (ASW) platforms to counter the Cold War North Atlantic Soviet submarine threat, and initially embarked Sea Harrier aircraft and Sea King HAS.1 anti-submarine ...
As built, Invincible was 677 feet (206 m) long overall and 632 feet (193 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 90 ft (27 m) at the waterline and 115 ft (35 m) at flight deck level, and a draught of 24 ft (7.3 m) at full load. Displacement was 16,000 long tons (16,000 t) standard and 19,500 long tons (19,800 t) full load. [6]
3 February 1983 - Royal Navy Sea King HAS5 XV658 of 820 Naval Air Squadron crashed into the sea off Portugal during deck landing practice on HMS Invincible, one crew member killed. [3] 18 June 1983 - Indian Navy Sea King Mk. 42 IN506 was written off in an accident on this date; no details are available. [11] 1985
HMS Fearless - Flagship Task Group 317.0 (†6) Captain E.S.J. Larken; 4 LCU (Foxtrot One to Four), 100 troops or one Main Battle Tank. LCU Foxtrot Four, bombed and sunk in the Choiseul Sound by A-4B Skyhawks; 4 LCVP (Foxtrot Five to Eight), 25 troops or a Land Rover with trailer. flight deck for 4 Sea King HC.4 (not embarked) Large Tango ...
British Aerospace Sea Harrier FA2 of the Royal Navy on the flight deck of HMS Invincible The Sea Harrier saw action in war again when it was deployed in the 1992–1995 Bosnian War . [ 20 ] It launched raids on Serb forces and provided air-support for the international taskforce units conducting Operations Deny Flight and Deliberate Force ...
An awe-inspiring 3D scan has brought the shipwreck of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton’s HMS Endurance, found in 2022, back to life. ... are now visible on the deck of the ship, which sits ...
HMS Illustrious was a light aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and the second of three Invincible-class ships constructed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She was the fifth warship and second aircraft carrier to bear the name Illustrious , and was affectionately known to her crew as "Lusty" .
HMS Powerful (R95) 18,985 long tons (19,290 t) 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines November 1943 17 January 1957 Sold to Canada on 23 April 1952, then completed to a modified design with an angled flight deck and renamed HMCS Bonaventure and broken up in 1971 HMS Terrible (R93) 37 18,085 long tons (18,375 t)