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HMS Invincible was the Royal Navy's lead ship of her class of three light aircraft carriers.She was launched on 3 May 1977 as the seventh ship to carry the name. She was originally designated as an anti-submarine warfare carrier, but was used as an aircraft carrier during the Falklands War, when she was deployed with HMS Hermes.
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 ...
Royal Navy's HMS Invincible is the first light aircraft carrier equipped with a ski jump ramp.. In World War II, the United States Navy produced a number of light carriers by converting cruiser hulls.
At 17:53, Invincible opened fire on Wiesbaden and the other two Invincibles followed two minutes later. The German ships turned for the south after fruitlessly firing torpedoes at 18:00 and attempted to find shelter in the mist. As they turned Invincible hit Wiesbaden in the engine room and knocked out her engines while Inflexible hit Pillau once.
HMS Invincible (R05) 20 22,000 long tons (22,353 t) 4 Olympus gas turbine engines combined gas and gas, 2 Shafts July 1973 July 1980 Sold for scrap 2010 HMS Illustrious (R06) 20 22,000 long tons (22,353 t) 4 Olympus gas turbine engines combined gas and gas, 2 Shafts October 1976 June 1982 Sold for scrap 2016 HMS Ark Royal (R07) ex-Indomitable
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 Inflexible about 1909. The Invincible-class ships were the first battlecruisers [Note 1] in the world. The design resembled that of HMS Dreadnought, but sacrificed armour protection and one gun turret from the main battery for a 4-knot (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) speed advantage.
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