HMS Hermes (R12)

Conventionally-Powered Aircraft Carrier

United Kingdom | 1959

"HMS Hermes R12 had her keel laid down in 1944 but was not completed until the 1950s, commissioned in 1959."

Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one sea-going vessel design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for HMS Hermes (R12).

2 x Parson steam turbines developing 76,000 shaft-horsepower.
Propulsion

28.0 kts
32.2 mph
Surface Speed

6,995 nm
8,050 miles | 12,955 km
Range

Structure
The bow-to-stern, port-to-starboard physical qualities of HMS Hermes (R12).

2,100
Personnel
Complement

775.0 ft
236.22 meters
O/A Length

148.0 ft
45.11 meters
Beam

27.8 ft
8.47 meters
Draught

25,350
tons
Displacement

Armament
Available supported armament and special-mission equipment featured in the design of HMS Hermes (R12).

A COMPLETED:
10 x 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns

POST-1970 REFIT:
2 x Sea Cat short-range surface-to-air missile launchers.

Air Arm
Available supported fixed-wing / rotary-wing aircraft featured in the design of HMS Hermes (R12).

28 x aircraft made up of fixed-wing and rotary-wing types; to include the BAe Sea Harrier VTOL fighters (28) or de Havilland Sea Vixen (12), Blackburn Buccaneer (7) and Fairey Gannet aircraft (5) and Westland Wessex helicopters (6).

Ships-in-Class (4)
Notable series variants as part of the HMS Hermes (R12) family line as relating to the Centaur-class group.

HMS Centaur (R06); HMS Albion (R07); HMS Bulwark (R08); HMS Hermes (R12); HMS Monmouth (cancelled); HMS Polyphemus (cancelled); HMS Arrogant (cancelled); HMS Elephant (renamed as HMS Hermes R12)

Operators
Global operator(s) of the HMS Hermes (R12). Nations are displayed by flag, each linked to their respective national naval warfare listing.

[ United Kingdom; India (INS Viraat R22) ]

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