Preceded by:
Courageous (1928)Succeeded by:
Illustrious (1940) | |
| Class | Ark Royal |
| Type | Fleet Carrier |
| Year | 1938 |
| Crew | 1580 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 685 ft (pp) 800 ft |
| Beam | 95 ft |
| Draught | 28 ft |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 22,000 t |
| Loaded | 27,720 t |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 31 kt |
| Range | 7,620 nmi @ 20 kn |
| Machinery | |
| Shafts | 3 |
| Turbines | 3 x Geared steam 102,000 hp Parsons |
| Boilers | 6 x Admiralty |
| Fuel | Oil: 4,620 t |
| Armament | |
| Main | 16 x 4.50-in/45 (8 x 2) QF 4.5-in Mk. I -5° / +80° |
| Anti-Aircraft | 32 x 0.8-in (4 x 8) Oerlikon |
| Armor | |
| Belt | 5 in |
| Bulkhead | 3 - 3 in |
| Deck | 3 - 4 in |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft | 60 |
| Production | |
| Built | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
|
Ark Royal † | 91 | Cammell Laird | 16/09/1935 | 13/04/1937 | 16/11/1938 | 14/11/1941 | † | Loss by submarine |
