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HERMES CLASS (4 ships) ALBION (May 6, 1947) BULWARK (April 22, 1947) CENTAUR (April 22, 1947) HERMES (ex- Elephant) Displacement: 18,300 tons Complement: Length: 737 ft Beam: 90 ft Draught: Aircraft: 50 or more Guns: 8 - 4.5 inch over 40 - 40 mm AA Armour: Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 2 shafts. Speed believed to approach 30 kts. Boilers: Admiralty 3-drum type. Notes: These ships are believed to be enlarged Majestic. Of eight ships originally ordered, Arrogant, Monmouth and Polyphemus have been canceled, together with the original Hermes.  Name  Builder and Machinery  Begun  Completed Albion Bulwark Centaur Hermes Swan Hunter Harland & Wolff do. Vickers-Armstrongs (Barrow) 1944 1944 1944 30/6/1944

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