Preceded by:
Illustrious (1940)Succeeded by:
Audacious (1951)Class | Implacable |
Type | Fleet Carrier |
Year | 1944 |
Crew | 1585-2300 |
Dimensions | |
Length | 205.1 m (pp) 233.6 m |
Beam | 29.2 m |
Draught | 8.8 m |
Displacement | |
Empty | 23,450 t |
Loaded | 32,110 t |
Performance | |
Speed | 59 km/h |
Range | ? |
Machinery | |
Shafts | 4 |
Turbines | 4 x Geared steam 148,000 hp Parsons |
Boilers | 6 x Admiralty |
Fuel | Oil: 4,690-4,810 t |
Armament | |
Main | 16 x 114-mm/45 (8 x 2) QF 4.5-in Mk. III -5° / +80° |
Anti-Aircraft | 44 x 40-mm (6 x 8) QF 2-pdr Mk. VIII |
Armor | |
Belt | 114 mm |
Bulkhead | 51 - 76 mm |
Deck | 76 mm |
Hangar | 51 mm |
Sensors | |
Radar | Type 277 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft | 60-81 |
Production | |
Built | 2 |
Total | 2 |
Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
Implacable | 86 | Fairfield | 21/02/1939 | 10/12/1942 | 28/08/1944 | 01/09/1954 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Indefatigable | 10 | John Brown | 03/11/1939 | 08/12/1942 | 03/05/1944 | 09/1954 | Sold/Scrapped |