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Aircraft Carriers Of The Royal Navy
The following is a list of fleet aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. There are two carriers, HMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' and HMS ''Prince of Wales'', currently in service. Key Fleet carriers HMS ''Argus'' HMS ''Hermes'' HMS ''Eagle'' ''Courageous'' class HMS ''Ark Royal'' HMS ''Unicorn'' HMS ''Unicorn'' was an aircraft repair ship and light aircraft carrier; an "aircraft maintenance carrier". ''Illustrious'' class ''Implacable'' class ''Colossus'' class 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. ''Majestic'' class The 1942 design was modified to take more modern aircraft and these ships became the ''Majestic''-class. Not completed until after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aircraft Carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a naval force to project air power worldwide without depending on local bases for staging aircraft operations. Carriers have evolved since their inception in the early twentieth century from wooden vessels used to deploy balloons to nuclear-powered warships that carry numerous fighters, strike aircraft, helicopters, and other types of aircraft. While heavier aircraft such as fixed-wing gunships and bombers have been launched from aircraft carriers, these aircraft have not successfully landed on a carrier. By its diplomatic and tactical power, its mobility, its autonomy and the variety of its means, the aircraft carrier is often the centerpiece of modern combat fleets. Tactically or even strategically, it replaced the battleship in the ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Implacable (R86)
HMS ''Implacable'' was the name ship of her class of two aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Upon completion in 1944, she was initially assigned to the Home Fleet and attacked targets in Norway for the rest of the year. She was subsequently assigned to the British Pacific Fleet (BPF) where she attacked the Japanese naval base at Truk and targets in the Japanese Home Islands in 1945. The ship was used to repatriate liberated Allied prisoners of war (PoWs) and soldiers after the Japanese surrender, for the rest of the year. ''Implacable'' returned home in 1946 and became the Home Fleet's deck-landing training carrier, a role that lasted until 1950. She briefly served as flagship of the Home Fleet in 1950. During this time she participated in many exercises and made a number of port visits in Western Europe. She was placed in reserve in 1950 and converted into a training ship in 1952, and served as flagship of the Home Fleet Training Squadron. The ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Aircraft Carriers
This list of aircraft carriers contains aircraft carriers listed alphabetically by name. An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft, that serves as a seagoing airbase. Included in this list are ships which meet the above definition and had an official name (''italicized'') or designation (non-italicized), regardless of whether they were or were not ordered, laid down, completed, or commissioned. Not included in this list are the following: * Aircraft cruisers, also known as aviation cruisers, cruiser-carriers, flight deck cruisers, and hybrid battleship-carriers, which combine the characteristics of aircraft carriers and surface warfare ships, because they primarily operated helicopters or floatplanes and did not act as a floating airbase. Examples include the British s, Japanese s, French cruiser , Soviet s, and Italian s. Vessels which meet the criteria of an aircraft carrier b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Amphibious Warfare Ships
This is a list of amphibious warfare ships. Algeria ;Algerian National Navy Active: *''Kalaat Béni Abbès'' class - LPD ** (commissioned 2014) *''Kalaat Beni Hammed'' class - LST **''Kalaat Beni Hammed'' 472 **''Kalaat Beni Rached'' 473 Argentina ;Argentine Navy Decommissioned: * – tank landing ship * – dock landing ship Australia ;Royal Australian Navy Active: * – LHD ** (commissioned 2015) ** (commissioned 2014) * – LSD ** (former ) Decommissioned: * – LPA (ex-USN ) ** ** * – LSH ** * Landing Ship Tank (Mark 3) - LST ** ** ** ** ** ** * Troop transport ship Brazil ;Brazilian Navy Active: * – LPD ** * ''Ocean'' class – LPH ** * Round Table class - LST ** '' Amirante Sabóia'' * - LST ** Decommissioned: * - LSD ** ''Ceará'' ** ''Rio de Janeiro'' * Round Table class - LST ** '' Garcia D'Avila'' Canada Planned: Decommissioned: * – converted passenger ship * – converted passenger ship * – converted passenger ship Chile ;Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aircraft Carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a naval force to project air power worldwide without depending on local bases for staging aircraft operations. Carriers have evolved since their inception in the early twentieth century from wooden vessels used to deploy balloons to nuclear-powered warships that carry numerous fighters, strike aircraft, helicopters, and other types of aircraft. While heavier aircraft such as fixed-wing gunships and bombers have been launched from aircraft carriers, these aircraft have not successfully landed on a carrier. By its diplomatic and tactical power, its mobility, its autonomy and the variety of its means, the aircraft carrier is often the centerpiece of modern combat fleets. Tactically or even strategically, it replaced the battleship in the ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Seaplane Carriers Of The Royal Navy
This is a list of Royal Navy seaplane carriers. Key Ships {{Lists of aircraft carriers Seaplane carriers Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ... Royal Navy seaplane carriers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Escort Carriers Of The Royal Navy
The escort aircraft carrier, also called a "jeep carrier" or "baby flattop" in the USN or "Woolworth Carrier" by the RN, was a small and slow type of aircraft carrier used by the Royal Navy in the Second World War. They were typically half the length and one-third the displacement of the larger fleet carriers. While they were slower, less armed, unarmoured and carried fewer aircraft, they were less expensive and could be built more quickly. This was their principal advantage, as escort carriers could be completed in greater numbers as a stop-gap when fleet carriers were scarce. However, the lack of protection made escort carriers particularly vulnerable and several were sunk with great loss of life. The light carrier (hull classification symbol CVL) was a similar concept to escort carriers in most respects, but they were designed for higher speeds for deployment with fleet carriers. Escort carriers were too slow to keep up with the main forces consisting of fleet carriers, battl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline Of Aircraft Carriers Of The Royal Navy
The following is a timeline of fleet aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. The first British aircraft carrier was ''HMS Argus'', a converted liner hull. In addition, during the Second World War, the Royal Navy operated flights of aircraft off Merchant aircraft carriers. Timeline In general, labels for ships of a single class are aligned vertically with the topmost ship in a column carrying the class name. In an attempt to show the full timeline of the actual existence of each ship, the final dates on each bar may variously be the date struck, sold, scrapped, scuttled, sunk as a reef, etc., as appropriate to show the last time it existed as a floating object. See also * Aircraft carrier * List of aircraft carriers * List of aircraft carriers by configuration * List of aircraft carriers in service * List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy * List of aircraft maintenance carriers of the Royal Navy * List of aircraft carriers of Russia an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
INS Viraat (R22)
INS ''Viraat'' (Sanskrit: Virāṭa meaning ''Giant'') was a of the Indian Navy. INS ''Viraat'' was the flagship of the Indian Navy before was commissioned in 2013. The ship was completed and commissioned in 1959 as the Royal Navy's , and decommissioned in 1984. It was sold to India in 1987. INS ''Viraat'' was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 12 May 1987, and served for almost 30 years. In February 2015, the Navy stated that ''Viraat'' would be decommissioned the following year. The last British-built ship serving with the Indian Navy, she was the oldest aircraft carrier in service in the world. On 23 July 2016, ''Viraat'' sailed for the last time under her own power from Mumbai to Kochi, where she was dry-docked and prepared for decommissioning. She was towed out of Kochi on 23 October, returning to Mumbai on 28 October, where she was laid up. ''Viraat'' was formally decommissioned on 6 March 2017. After the failure of plans to convert her into a hotel and museum, she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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