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ARK ROYAL CLASS (2 ships) ARK ROYAL EAGLE (ex- Audacious, March 19, 1946) Displacement: 33,000 tons Complement: Length: 850 ft Beam: Draught: Aircraft: 100 or more Guns: 16 - 4.5 inch etc. Armour: Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 4 shafts. S.H.P. 150,000 = 32 kts. Boilers : 8 Admiralty 3-drum type. Notes: These two ships will be the largest British aircraft carriers ever built. They are stated to be 90 percent welded construction. Two more of this type, Africa end Eagle was canceled. Latter had been ordered from Vickers-Armstrongs (Tyne). Three much larger carriers, to have been named Gigraltar, Malta and New Zealand, were also canceled.  Name  Builder and Machinery  Begun  Completed Ark Royal Eagle Cammell Laird Harland & Wolff 1943 1942

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