Specifications
Builder: Harland & Wolff
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Converted by: Swan Hunter
Displacement: 23,450 tons
Length (Overall): 594ft 7in
Beam: 76ft 6in
Flight deck: 550ft x 76ft mild steel plate
Propulsion: 2 Burmeister & Wain diesels driving 2 shafts
Speed: 18 knots
A/C Capacity: 10
Hangar: 354ft x 46ft x 17ft
A/C lifts: 1, forward 45ft long x 39ft wide
Arrestor wires: 6 with 2 barriers
Catapult: 1 CII cordite;
Armament: 2 twin 4in QF Mk XVI HA, 10 twin 20mm Oerlikon, 2 quadruple 2 pounder "pom-pom"
Crew Complement: 580
Commanding Officers:
Capt. A.V. Hemming RN
Mar 41 - Mar 43
Capt. R. Bell-Davies, RN,VC, CB, DSO, AFC,
Mar 43 - Jun 44
Capt. G.C. Dickins
RN
May 45 - Dec 45
Squadrons:
778
Service Trials Unit
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