IMPACABLE CLASS
IMPLACABLE (Dec. 10, 1942)
INDEFATIGABLE (Dec. 8, 1942)
Displacement: 26,000 tons (31,300 tons full load)
Complement: 1,800
Length: 766 ft 2 in (o.a.)
Beam: 95 ft 9 in
Draught: 29 ft 4 in
Aircraft: about 70
Guns:
16 - 4.5 inch dual purpose
77 to 79 - 40 mm, 20 mm and 2 prd. pompoms
Armour:
Belt 4,5"
Hangar 1,5"
Flight deck 3"
Machinery: Parsons single reduction geared turbines.
S.H.P. 110,000. 4 shafts. Speed: 32 kts. Boilers: 8 Admiralty
3-drum type.
Notes: To distinguish between them, observe that boats
of Indefatigable are stowed one deck higher than in Implacable. |
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Est. |
Name |
Builder and Machinery |
Ordered |
Begun |
Completed |
1938
1939 |
Implacable
Indefatigable |
Fairfield
Clydebank |
11/10/38
19/6/39 |
21/2/39
3/11/39 |
28/8/44
3/5/44 |
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INDEFATIGABLE |
INDEFATIGABLE |
INDEFATIGABLE |
IMPLACABLE |
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