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Imperial War
Museum. Via Wikipedia
Commons
| Tonnage | 23,450 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 766'6" by 95'9" by 26' 233.63m by 29.18m by 7.92m |
| Maximum speed | 32 knots |
| Complement | 1400 |
| Aircraft | 750' (228.6m) flight deck 2 elevators 1 catapult 54 aircraft |
| Armament | 8x2 4.5"/45
dual-purpose guns 48 40mm/40 AA guns 4 40mm Bofors AA guns 60 20mm AA guns |
| Protection | 4.5" (114mm) belt and
bulkheads 2" (51mm) NC hangar sides 3" (76mm) flight deck 3" (76mm) hangar floor 3" (76mm) steering 1.5" (38mm) torpedo holding bulkhead 13'5" (4.1m) torpedo protection depth designed against 750 lb (340kg) TNT |
| Machinery |
4-shaft Parsons geared turbines
(148,000 shp) 8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
| Bunkerage | 4690 tons fuel oil 94,650 gallons (358,300 liters) aviation gasoline |
| Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000km) at 14 knots |
| Sensors |
Type
281 air search radar Type 277 height-finder Type 293 fire control radar |
| Modifications |
1945: Up to 81 aircraft in deck park; complement
up to 2467 |
The Implacables were based on the Indomitable. Freed of treaty restrictions, they had four shafts instead of three,
had a more heavily armored hangar,
and could carry more aircraft. However, the heavier hangar protection
came at the cost of lowering the height of the second hangar deck,
which by the end of the war seriously limited the types of aircraft
that could be struck below.
| Indefatigable |
Arrived 1944-11 |
| Implacable |
Arrived 1945-3 |
References
Gogin (2010; accessed 2012-12-24)
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