ARK ROYAL (13th April, 1937)
Displacement: 22,000 tons (about 27,720 tons full load)
Complement: 1,575
Length: (p.p.) 685 ft, (o.a.) 800
ft
Beam: 94.7 ft
Draught: 27.7 ft
Aircraft: about 65
Guns:
16 (2x8) - 4.5 inch
42 (6x8) - 2 pdr
32 (8x4) - 0.50" AA
Armour:
4.5" belt
3" - 2.5" bulkheads
2.5" deck
Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 3 shafts. S.H.P.: 102,000
= 31 kts. Boilers: 6 Admiralty 3-drum type. Fuel: oil, 4,620
tons. |
ARK ROYAL - Torpedoed by German submarine 150 miles E.
of Gibraltar and subsequently foundered while in tow, November
14, 1941. |
