ILLUSTRIOUS CLASS (4 ships)
ILLUSTRIOUS (April 5, 1939)
VICTORIOUS (Sept. 14, 1939)
FORMIDABLE [ video
] (August 17, 1939)
INDOMITABLE (March 26, 1940)
Displacement: 23,000 tons (standard) 25,500 tons (full)
Complement: 1,400
Length: 753,5 ft
Beam: 95,75 ft
Draught: 24 ft
Aircraft: about 45 (Indomitable about 65)
Guns:
8 - 4.5 inch dual purpose
Numerous 40 mm AA, 20 mm AA
Armour:
Hangar 4,5" (Indomitable 1,5")
Flight deck 3"
Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 3 shafts. S.H.P.: 110,000
= 31 kts. Boilers: 6 of 3-drum type. |
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Est. |
Name |
Builder and Machinery |
Ordered |
Begun |
Completed |
1936
1936
1937
1937 |
Illustrious
Victorious
Formidable
Indomitable |
Vickers-Armstrongs
Wallsend Slipway
Harland & Wolff
Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow |
13/1/37
13/1/37
19/3/37
6/7/37 |
27/4/37
4/5/37
17/6/37
10/11/37 |
21/5/40
15/5/41
24/11/40
1/10/41 |
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ILLUSTRIOUS |
ILLUSTRIOUS |
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VICTORIOUS |
VICTORIOUS |
VICTORIOUS |
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FORMIDABLE |
FORMIDABLE
Kamikadze hit 04/05/1945 |
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INDOMITABLE |
INDOMITABLE |
INDOMITABLE |
INDOMITABLE |
INDOMITABLE |
INDOMITABLE |
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