Ship Class: HMS Ark Royal

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Ship Class	HMS Ark Royal


Ship	HMS Ark Royal
Ship Type	Aircraft Carrier
Hanger Length	568ft
Hanger Height	16ft
Lifts	3
Catapults	2
Aircraft Carrier Type	Fleet
Aircraft Carrier Class Attribute	Two Hanger Decks
Lower Hanger Length	452ft
Lower Hanger Height	16ft
Aircraft	72

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down	5) 1: Last Disposed
	Great Britain		1935 Sep 16	1941 Nov 13

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	22 000ton	208.788m	28.88m	6.93m	1 600	1 600

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed	Machinery Type	Boilers
	3	102 000hp	31kt	Steam Turbine	6

Ship Classes
	Bunkerage	Range	Cruising	Cruising Endurance
	4 600ton	7 600mile	20kt	13.759day

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Designed By	3) 1: Governed By Treaty Category	4) 1: Improved In Ship Class	5) 4: as Class Improvement
	Johns Sir Arthur	1922 Washington, Aircraft Carrier	HMS Illustrious	N

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Aircraft Model	4) 3:Image	5) 2:Turret Model	6) 5:Image	7) 1: As Built Armour
	Aircraft 48 X BR Fairey Swordfish	BR Fairey Swordfish				3.5in Machinery Spaces \| 4.5in Belt \| 3.5in Magazine Crown
	Aircraft 24 X BR Blackburn Skua	BR Blackburn Skua
	Gun 8 X BR 4.5in 45cal QF Mark I And III Twin Mark IV			BR 4.5in 45cal QF Mark I And III Twin Mark IV

Ship Classes
	Number In Class	Built By Shipbuilder
	1	Cammell Laird And Co Ltd

Ship Classes
	Potentially Involved In Tension	Involved In Activity	Covered By Assignment
	1889 1946 Great Britain Germany 1917 1941 Great Britain Russia 1922 1944 Great Britain Italy 1935 1945 Great Britain Japan	1940 07 03 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Mers El Kebir, Algeria 1940 11 27 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Cape Spartivento, Sardinia 1941 11 13 0000 Torpedoing HMS Ark Royal By U 81 Gibraltar	1939_Dec_01 HMS Ark Royal - RN Force H

Documents
1) Covered By Document	2) 1: as Document Reference	3) 2: Page Number	4) 3: as
Aircraft Carriers Of The World	[More]	100	N

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