Name / Name : | HMS Invicible | |
Type / Type : | light aircraft carrier | |
Class / Class : | Invicible | |
codename / Pennant : | R 05 palubový character: N | |
Keel based / Laid down : | 20.7.1973 | |
Run to the water / Launched : | 3.5.1977 | |
Commissioning services / Commissioned've : | 11.7.1980 | |
Decommissioning / End of service : | 3.8.2005 | |
Shipyard / Built by : | Vickers Ltd., Shipbuilding Group., Barrow, United Kingdom | |
Length / Length : (m) | 206,6 from 3/ 1988 209 | |
Width / Beam : (m) | 32 from 3/ 1988 36 | |
Draught / Draft : (m) | 6,5 | |
the Displacement of the standard / Displacement, standard : (t) | 16257 | |
a Displacement of the maximum / Displacement, maximal : (t) | 19 610 from 3/ 1988 20 600 | |
Armor / Armour : (mm) | - (not) | |
Crew / Complement : | 57 officers + 666 non-commissioned officers and sailors 80 officers + 286 non-commissioned officers and personnel of the FAA | |
Propulsion / Engines : | COGAG: 2x gas turbine R-R Olympus TM 3B 2x gas turbine R-R Olympus TM 3B 8 x diesel Paxman Valenta + 4 x el.motor - power electronics | |
Power / Power : (HP) | 94 000 | |
Screws quantity / Propellers, No : (ks/m) | 2 pc | |
Speed / Speed : ( kts) | 28 | |
fuel Supply / Fuel : (t) | | |
Reach at the speed of / Range : ( Nm/ kts) | 7000 / 18 | |
Armament / Armament : | 1x GWS.30 SeaDart SAM from 9 /1982: 1x GWS.30 SeaDart SAM 2x Phalanx CIWS from 3 / 1988: 1x GWS.30 SeaDart SAM 3x Goalkeeper CIWS 2x 20mm GAM-B01 (2xI) | |
accessories and equipment / Equipment : (radar asdic ...) | Radar Type 1006 navigation radar Radar Type 1022 search radar for airborne targets Radar Type 992R - search radar - air / the level of Radar Type 909 - radar shooting Sonar Type 184 - hull sonar 8x SeaGnat - thrower decoys from 3 / 1988: Radar Type 1006 navigation radar Radar Type 1022 search radar for airborne targets Radar Type 996 search radar - air / the level of Radar Type 909 - radar shooting Sonar Type 2016 - hull sonar 8x SeaGnat - thrower decoys | |
Airplanes / Aircraft : | 21.4.1982: on departure of the the Falklands war 10x Sea Harrier FRS.1 9x Sea King HAS.5 1x Lynx HAS.2 from 3/ 1988: standard air park 7x Sea Harrier FA.2 (if available) 6-18x Harrier GR.7 (the number depends on the availability of Sea Harrierů) 7x Sea King HAS.6 3x Uae King AEW.2 | |
Note / Note : | currently, the ship is preserved and is in the "active reserves". In the context of the location in the reserve were removed missile Sea Dart(the missiles, not the launchers) and on the boat are not placed no planes and helicopters |
Resources:
Pejčoch, Ivo, Novák, Zdeněk, Hájek, Tomáš: warships[7]. 1.edition, Prague:Ares s. r. o. 1998, 353str.,ISBN 80-86158-08-X
Faulkner Keith: Janes ships of War, manual for recognition, 1.release(in Czech), Prague: JAN VAŠUT s. r. o. 2003,512 str., ISBN 80-7236-080-9
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Invincible_(R05)
www.btinternet.com
http://navy-matters.beedall.com/invinc.htm
www.maritimequest.com.