List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
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The following is a list of fleet aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.
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Contents
1 Key
2 Fleet carriers
2.1 Argus class
2.2 Glorious class
2.3 Eagle class
2.4 Hermes class
2.5 Ark Royal class
2.6 Unicorn class
2.7 Illustrious class
2.8 Implacable class
2.9 Colossus-class
2.10 Majestic class
2.11 Audacious class
2.12 Centaur class
2.13 Malta class
2.14 Queen Elizabeth class (CVA-01)
2.15 Invincible class
2.16 Queen Elizabeth class
3 See also
4 Notes
5 External links
Key[edit]
Aircraft | The number of aircraft carried by the vessel |
Displacement | Ship displacement at full combat load |
Propulsion | Number of shafts, type of propulsion system, and top speed generated |
Service | The dates work began and finished on the ship and its ultimate fate |
Laid down | The date keel assembly was begun |
Commissioned | The date the ship was commissioned |
Fate | Notes on what happened to the ship: sunk, scrapped, cancelled, sold or some other |
Fleet carriers[edit]
Argus class[edit]
HMS Argus, 1918
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Argus (ex-Conte Rosso) | 18 | 15,775 long tons (16,028 t) | 12 cylindrical boilers; 4 Parsons geared turbines, 4 shafts | 1914 | 6 September 1918 | Sold for scrap 1946 |
Glorious class[edit]
HMS Furious
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Glorious | 48 | 27,419 long tons (27,859 t) | 18 Yarrow small-tube boilers, 4 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 1 May 1915 | January 1917 | Sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, 8 June 1940 |
HMS Courageous | 48 | 26,990 long tons (27,423 t) | 18 Yarrow small-tube boilers, 4 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 18 March 1915 | November 1916 | Sunk by U-29, 17 September 1939 |
HMS Furious | 36 | 28,500 long tons (28,957 t) | 18 Yarrow small-tube boilers, 4 shafts, Brown-Curtis geared turbines | 8 June 1915 | June 1917 | Sold for scrap 1948 |
Eagle class[edit]
HMS Eagle
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Eagle (ex-Almirante Cochrane) | 21 | 26,000 long tons (26,417 t) | 32 Yarrow boilers, 4 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 20 February 1913 | 20 February 1924 | Torpedoed and sunk 11 August 1942, by U-73 |
Hermes class[edit]
HMS Hermes August 1938
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Hermes | 20 | 13,000 long tons (13,209 t) | 6 Yarrow small-tube boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 15 January 1918 | 18 February 1924 | Sunk 9 April 1942 by Japanese aircraft from the carriers Soryu, Hiryu and Akagi. |
Ark Royal class[edit]
HMS Ark Royal in 1939, with Swordfish of 820 Naval Air Squadron passing overhead.
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Ark Royal | 54 | 27,720 long tons (28,165 t) | 6 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 3 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 16 September 1935 | 16 December 1938 | Sunk 14 November 1941 by German submarine U-81, off Gibraltar. |
Unicorn class[edit]
HMS Unicorn 1951
HMS Unicorn was an aircraft repair ship and light aircraft carrier; an "aircraft maintenance carrier".
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Unicorn | 35 | 20,300 long tons (20,626 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 4 Parsons geared steam turbines 4 shafts | 26 June 1939 | 12 March 1943 | Sold for scrap 1960 |
Illustrious class[edit]
HMS Illustrious
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Illustrious | 36 | 23,000 long tons (23,369 t) | 6 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 3 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 27 April 1937 | 25 May 1940 | Sold for scrap 1956 |
HMS Formidable | 40 | 23,000 long tons (23,369 t) | 6 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 3 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 17 June 1937 | 24 November 1940 | Sold for scrap 1956 |
HMS Victorious | 36 | 23,000 long tons (23,369 t) | 6 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 3 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 4 May 1937 | 14 May 1941 | Sold for scrap 1969 |
HMS Indomitable | 45 | 23,000 long tons (23,369 t) | 6 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 3 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 10 November 1937 | 10 October 1941 | Sold for scrap 1955 |
Implacable class[edit]
HMS Implacable 1944
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Implacable | 54 | 32,624 long tons (33,148 t) | 8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 4 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 21 February 1939 | 28 August 1944 | Sold for scrap 1955 |
HMS Indefatigable | 54 | 32,624 long tons (33,148 t) | 8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 4 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 3 November 1939 | 3 May 1944 | Sold for scrap November 1956 |
Colossus-class[edit]
HMS Triumph 1950
The 1942 Design Light Fleet Carriers were designed and constructed by civilian shipyards to serve as an intermediate step between the expensive, full-size fleet aircraft carriers and the less expensive but limited-capability escort carriers. Perseus and Pioneer were modified to operate as maintenance carriers.
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Colossus | 48 | 18,330 long tons (18,624 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 1 June 1942 | 16 December 1944 | Loaned to France as Arromanches from August 1946, then sold to France 1951 |
HMS Glory | 48 | 18,330 long tons (18,624 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 27 August 1942 | 2 April 1945 | Scrapped 1961 |
HMS Ocean | 48 | 18,330 long tons (18,624 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 8 November 1942 | 8 August 1945 | Scrapped 1962 |
HMS Theseus | 48 | 18,330 long tons (18,624 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 6 January 1943 | 9 February 1946 | Scrapped 1962 |
HMS Triumph | 48 | 18,330 long tons (18,624 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 27 January 1943 | 9 May 1946 | Scrapped 1981 in Spain |
HMS Venerable | 48 | 18,330 long tons (18,624 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 3 December 1942 | 17 January 1945 | Sold to Netherlands 1948 and renamed Karel Doorman II then later sold in 1968 to Argentina as Veinticinco de Mayo. Scrapped 2000. |
HMS Vengeance | 48 | 18,330 long tons (18,624 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 16 November 1942 | 15 January 1945 | Transferred to the Royal Australian Navy from 1953 to August 1955. Sold to Brazil as Minas Gerais December 1956. Scrapped 2004. |
HMS Warrior ex-Brave | 48 | 18,330 long tons (18,624 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 12 December 1942 | November 1948 | Loaned to Royal Canadian Navy 1946-48 and not commissioned into RN until November 1948. Returned to UK 1956 and modernised. Sold to Argentina as Independencia 1958. |
HMS Perseus ex-Ethalion ex-Mars | 48 | 18,330 long tons (18,624 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 1 June 1942 | 19 October 1945 | Scrapped 1958 |
HMS Pioneer ex-Edgar | 48 | 18,330 long tons (18,624 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 2 December 1942 | 8 February 1945 | Scrapped 1954 |
Majestic class[edit]
HMS Hercules
The 1942 design was modified to take more modern aircraft and these ships became the Majestic-class. Not completed until after the end of the war, most ended up purchased by other navies.
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Majestic | 37 | 18,085 long tons (18,375 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines) | 15 April 1943 | 28 October 1955 | Sold to Australia in 1949, and completed in 1955 to a modified design including an angled flight deck and renamed as HMAS Melbourne. Sold for scrap in February 1985 to China United Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Dalian, China. |
HMS Hercules | 37 | 18,085 long tons (18,375 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | October 1943 | 4 March 1961 | Laid up till purchased by India in January 1957, renamed INS Vikrant, commissioned 1961, decommissioned 1997, scrapped 2014. |
HMS Leviathan | 37 | 18,085 long tons (18,375 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | October 1943 | Never completed scrapped 1968 | |
HMS Magnificent | 37 | 18,085 long tons (18,375 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | July 1943 | 7 April 1948 | Loaned to Royal Canadian Navy upon completion in 1948. Commissioned in RCN March 1948, returned to Royal Navy 1957 and scrapped 1965 |
HMS Powerful | 18,985 long tons (19,290 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | November 1943 | 17 January 1957 | Sold to Canada on 23 April 1952, then completed to a modified design with an angled flight deck and renamed HMCS Bonaventure | |
HMS Terrible | 37 | 18,085 long tons (18,375 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 19 November 1943 | 16 December 1948 | Transferred to Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Sydney 1948. Sold for scrap on 28 October 1975 to Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. Ltd., Seoul, South Korea |
Audacious class[edit]
HMS Eagle
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Eagle ex-Audacious | 60+ | 49,950 long tons (50,752 t) | 8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 4 shafts, Parsons SR geared turbines | 24 October 1942 | 5 October 1951 | Sold for scrap 1978 |
HMS Ark Royal ex-Irresistible | 50 | 53,950 long tons (54,816 t) | 8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 4 shafts, Parsons SR geared turbines | 3 May 1943 | 25 February 1955 | Sold for scrap 1980 |
| HMS Eagle | 60+ | 49,950 long tons (50,752 t) | 8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 4 shafts, Parsons SR geared turbines | 19 April 1944 | Cancelled January 1946 when 23% complete. Scrapped on slip. | |
| HMS Africa | Cancelled | |||||
Centaur class[edit]
HMS Eagle, HMS Bulwark and HMS Albion during the Suez Crisis.
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Centaur | 42 | 26,200 long tons (26,620 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 30 May 1944 | 1 September 1953 | Scrapped 1972 |
HMS Albion | 42 | 27,800 long tons (28,246 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 23 March 1944 | May 1954 | Scrapped November 1973 |
HMS Bulwark | 42 | 26,200 long tons (26,620 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 10 May 1945 | 29 October 1954 | Scrapped April 1984 |
HMS Hermes ex-Elephant | 42 | 27,800 long tons (28,246 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 21 June 1944 | November 1959 | Sold to India April 1986, as INS Viraat, decommissioned.[1] |
| HMS Hermes | 42 | 27,800 long tons (28,246 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 21 June 1944 | Cancelled October 1945, scrapped on slip. | |
| HMS Arrogant | 42 | 27,800 long tons (28,246 t) | 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines | 1944 | Cancelled October 1945, scrapped on slip. | |
| HMS Monmouth | Cancelled | |||||
| HMS Polyphemus | Cancelled | |||||
Malta class[edit]
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Malta | 80 | 56,800 long tons (57,711 t) | 4 or 5 x shafts Steam turbines 8 x boilers | Cancelled 13 December 1945 | ||
| HMS New Zealand | 80 | 56,800 long tons (57,711 t) | 4 or 5 x shafts Steam turbines 8 x boilers | Cancelled 13 December 1945 | ||
| HMS Gibraltar | 80 | 56,800 long tons (57,711 t) | 4 or 5 x shafts Steam turbines 8 x boilers | Cancelled 15 October 1945 | ||
| HMS Africa | 80 | 56,800 long tons (57,711 t) | 4 or 5 x shafts Steam turbines 8 x boilers | Cancelled 15 October 1945 | ||
Queen Elizabeth class (CVA-01)[edit]
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
| HMS Queen Elizabeth (Possibly) | 50 | 54,500 long tons (55,375 t) | 3 x shafts Parsons turbines 6 boilers | Cancelled 1966 | ||
| HMS Duke of Edinburgh (Possibly) | 50 | 54,500 long tons (55,375 t) | 3 x shafts Parsons turbines 6 boilers | Cancelled 1966 | ||
Invincible class[edit]
HMS Invincible
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Invincible | 20 | 22,000 long tons (22,353 t) | 4 Olympus gas turbine engines combined gas and gas, 2 Shafts | July 1973 | July 1980 | Sold for scrap 2010 |
HMS Illustrious | 20 | 22,000 long tons (22,353 t) | 4 Olympus gas turbine engines combined gas and gas, 2 Shafts | October 1976 | June 1982 | Sold for scrap 2016 |
HMS Ark Royal ex-Indomitable | 20 | 20,000 long tons (20,321 t) | 4 Olympus gas turbine engines combined gas and gas, 2 Shafts | December 1978 | 1 July 1985 | Sold for scrap 2012 |
Queen Elizabeth class[edit]
| Ship | Aircraft | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid down | Commissioned | Fate | ||||
HMS Queen Elizabeth | 50 [2] | 65,000 long tons (66,043 t) [2] | 2 x Rolls-Royce MT30 Gas Turbines [2] | 7 July 2009 | 7 December 2017 | |
HMS Prince of Wales | 50 [2] | 65,000 long tons (66,043 t) [2] | 2 x Rolls-Royce MT30 Gas Turbines [2] | 26 May 2011 | Expected 2020 | |
See also[edit]
- Timeline of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
- List of escort aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
- List of seaplane carriers of the Royal Navy
- Aircraft carrier
- List of amphibious warfare ships
- List of aircraft carriers
- List of aircraft carriers in service
- Timeline for aircraft carrier service
- List of aircraft carriers by configuration
- List of sunken aircraft carriers
- List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
- Aircraft maintenance carriers of the Royal Navy
- List of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
- List of aircraft carriers of Germany
- List of aircraft carriers of Russia and the Soviet Union
- People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force
- Fleet of the Royal Canadian Navy
- List of active French Navy ships
- List of active Spanish Navy ships
- List of active Italian Navy ships
- List of active Indian Navy ships
- List of active Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships
- list of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
- list of aircraft carrier classes of the United States Navy
- list of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
- List of aircraft carriers by country
Notes[edit]
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^ abcdef "Queen Elizabeth Class Facts and Figures". Royal Navy. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
External links[edit]
- Maritimequest Royal Navy aircraft carrier photo gallery
Categories:
- Lists of Royal Navy ships by type
- Lists of aircraft carriers
- Aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
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