Specifications
|
| Class |
STOVL/VSTOL
Carriers |
| Pennant
Numbers |
R05, R06, R07 |
| Builder |
R05 - Vickers,
R06 & R07 - Swan Hunter |
| Launched |
R05 - 03/05/77,
R06 - 14/12/78, R07 - 04/0681 |
| Commissioned |
R05 - 11/07/80,
R06 - 20/06/82, R07 - 01/11/85 |
| Displacement |
20,300 tonnes |
| Length |
685.9' |
| Beam |
118.5' |
| Draught |
27.6' |
| Speed |
28 knots |
| Complement |
725 ship's
complement plus 365 air wing. RM complement - 906
in wartime. |
| Machinery |
4 RR Olympus
TM3B Gas Turbines giving 112,000 horspower,
powering 2 shafts. Endurance - 7,000 nm @ 18
knots. |
| Aircraft |
9 Sea Harrier
FRS Mk2, 9 Westland Sea King HAS 6 and 3 Westland
Sea King AEW Mk2 |
| Armament |
Three Phalanx/Goalkeeper
close-in weapon systems, Sea Dart medium range AA
missile system and 20mm light machine guns. |
| Radars |
Air Search
Marconi/Signaal Type 1022, Surface Search Marconi
Type 992 or Plessey 996R, Navigation 2 x Kelvin
Hughes Type 1006 or Type 1007, Fire Control 2 x
Marconi Type 909(1). |
| Sonar |
Plessey Type 2016 |
| Countermeasures |
8 Sea Gnat Dispensers,
Prairie Masker noise suppression system. |
