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)
United Kingdom; India (INS Viraat R22)
(OPERATORS list includes past, present, and future operators when applicable)
✓Flag Ship / Capital Ship
Serving in the fleet Flag Ship role or Capital Ship in older warship designs / terminology.
Length
775.0 ft 236.22 m
Beam
148.0 ft 45.11 m
Draught
27.8 ft 8.47 m
Displacement
25,350 tons
Installed Power:
2 x Parson steam turbines developing 76,000 shaft-horsepower.
Surface Speed
28.0 kts (32.2 mph)
Range
6,995 nm (8,050 mi | 12,955 km)
kts = knots | mph = miles-per-hour | nm = nautical miles | mi = miles | km = kilometers
1 kts = 1.15 mph | 1 nm = 1.15 mi | 1 nm = 1.85 km
A COMPLETED:
10 x 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns
POST-1970 REFIT:
2 x Sea Cat short-range surface-to-air missile launchers.
Supported Types
(Not all weapon types may be represented in the showcase above)
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).
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United Kingdom; India (INS Viraat R22)
