Ship Class: HMS Illustrious

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Ship Class	HMS Illustrious

Image
Ship	HMS Formidable HMS Illustrious HMS Victorious
Ship Type	Aircraft Carrier
Hanger Length	458ft
Hanger Width	62ft
Hanger Height	16ft
Lifts	2
Catapults	1
Aircraft Carrier Type	Fleet
Aircraft	36
Ship Class Attribute	Innovative

	Summary
	Introduced well armoured flight deck and hangers.

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down	5) 1: Last Disposed
	Great Britain		1937 Apr 27	1969 Jan 01

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	23 000ton	230.886m	29.23m	8.961m	1 200	3 600

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed	Machinery Type	Boilers
	3	111 000hp	30.5kt	Steam Turbine	6

Ship Classes
	Bunkerage	Range	Cruising	Cruising Endurance
	4 850ton	11 000mile	14kt	28.449day

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Designed By	3) 1: Governed By Treaty Category	4) 1: Improve Ship Class	5) 4: as Class Improvement	6) 1: Improved In Ship Class	7) 6: as Class Improvement
	Goodall Sir Stanley	1922 Washington, Aircraft Carrier	HMS Ark Royal	N	HMS Indomitable	N

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Turret Model	4) 3:Image	5) 2:Aircraft Model	6) 5:Image	7) 1: As Built Armour
	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				3in Deck \| 3in Flight Deck \| 4.5in Hanger Sides
	Aircraft 30 X BR Fairey Swordfish			BR Fairey Swordfish
	Aircraft 6 x

Ship Classes
	Number In Class	Built By Shipbuilder
	3	Harland And Wolff Ltd Vickers Armstrong At Barrow Wallsend Slipway Of Vickers

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 11 11 0100 Air Strike Attack On Taranto Taranto 1941 03 27 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Cape Matapan, Greece	1945-Jan-01 HMS Formidable - HMS Victorious - HMS Illustrious - HMS Indomitable - HMS Indefatigable - RN Pacific Aircraft Carrier Squadron

Documents
1) Covered By Document	2) 1: as Document Reference	3) 2: Page