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Current Name |
HMS Illustrious |
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Ships Sign |
R 06 |
|
IMO |
8949563 |
|
Call Sign |
GVUH |
|
Operator |
Royal Navy, Portsmouth (Navy Command Headquarters), Hampshire, United Kingdom |
|
Owner |
UK Ministry of Defence, Whitehall, Westminster, London, United Kingdom |
|
Flag |
United Kingdom |
|
Port of Registry |
Portsmouth |
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Type of Ship |
aircraft carrier |
|
Completion |
1982 |
|
Shipyard |
Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd., Wallsend, United Kingdom |
|
Displacement [t] |
22.000 |
|
Overall Length [m] |
210,00 |
|
Registered Breadth [m] |
36,00 |
|
Maximum Draught [m] |
8,80 |
|
Propulsion [KW] |
82.376 |
|
Propulsion [BHP] |
112.000 |
|
Speed [Kn] |
28,0 |
|
Additional Information |
2nd ship and last remaining "Invincible" class air craft carrier (3 vessels) - after several modernization and reconstruction works since 2012 klassified as [LPH] (landing platform helicopter) - armament: 3x 30-mm gun Goalkeeper gatling CIWS, 2x 20-mm AA-gun Oerlikon GAM-B01; current air group: several helicopters Sea King ASaC AEW, several ASW helicopters AgustaWestland AW101 "Merlin HM.1". - According to "Shipspotting.com": beached Aliaga, Turkey on December 28th 2016 for demolition. According to Vesseltracker: beached Aliaga, Turkey on December 27th 2016. |
