The Improved Implacable-class supercarriers are a class of aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy and other Commonwealth and Allied navies. The name of the class indicates the roots of the class' design in the Implacable-class carriers of World War II. Currently, no Improved Implacable-class ships remain in service with the Royal Navy, but some remain in service with other navies. Improved Implacable-class ships are conventionally powered, have an overall length of 326.14 meters (1070 ft) and a displacement of 82,000 tons, and can carry up to 90 aircraft.
The Improved Implacable-class ships use angled flight decks in a CATOBAR arrangement.
Specifications
- Type: Supercarrier
- Service Period: late 1960s-Present
- Characteristics
- Length: 1070 feet (326.14 meters)
- Beam: 272 feet 82.91 meters)
- Draft: 33.5 feet (10.21 meters)
- Displacement: 82,000 tons
- Crew: 4,460
- Power: 325,400 shp
- Propulsion:
- Range:
- Speed: 36.5 knots (67.6 km/hr)
- Sensor Suite:
- Type 909 Sea Dart Fire Control Radar x 2
- Type 974 Navigation Radar
- Type 982 Fighter Control Radar
- Type 983 3D Air Search Radar
- Type 988 3D Air Search Radar with CDS
- Type 992 2D Surface Search Radar
- Armament
- 4 x Sea Dart GWS.30 Mod 1 SAM launchers
- 3 x CIWS
- Airwing: 90 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters
- Aviation Facilities: 4 x catapults
Ships in class
- HMAS Brisbane