HMCS Eagle (CV-23)

The HMCS Eagle (CV-23) was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier in service in the Royal Navy (1951-1972) and later the Canadian Forces Maritime Command (1975-1995). In Canadian service, the Eagle has served in Cyprus (1976), Lebanon (1983-1984), Iraq (1990-1991), South Africa (1992), and Kobe, Japan (1995).

Specifications

 * Type: Aircraft Carrier (Hull designation symbol CV)
 * Rebuilders: Saint John Shipbuilding, Saint John, New Brunswick
 * Launched: August 4, 1975
 * Commissioned: November 11, 1975
 * Decommissioned: March 26, 1995
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 835.8 feet (254,752 meters)
 * Width: 171 feet (52.121 meters)
 * Height: 36 feet (10.973 meters)
 * Displacement: 55,000 tons
 * Crew: 1,520
 * Maximum Speed: 33.4 Knots (39.24 Mile/Hour) (63.15 Kilometers/Hour)
 * Propulsion: 4 x shaft geared steam turbines, 8 x boilers (174,800 shp)
 * Range: 8,200 nautical miles at 20 knots
 * Speed: 33.4 knots
 * Sensor Suite
 * AN/SPS-48E Air Search Radar
 * AN/SPS-49 Air Search Radar
 * AN/SPQ-9 Target Acquisition Radar
 * AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures Suite
 * AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite
 * AN/SPN-41 Landing Aid Radar
 * AN/SPN-43C Air Traffic Control Radar
 * AN/SPN-46 Air Traffic Control Radar
 * AN/SQS-53 Sonar
 * AN/SPS-55 Surface Search Radar
 * Armament
 * 1 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
 * 1 x 8-cell Mark 25 Sea Sparrow Missile Launcher

1975-1983

 * 30 x CF-174 Phantom II
 * 4 x CE-121 Tracer
 * 8 x CP-121 Tracker
 * 6 x CH-124 Sea King

1984-1995

 * 18 x CF-188 Hornet
 * 20 x CF-187 Corsair II
 * 2 x CE-2C Hawkeye
 * 4 x CP-121 Tracker
 * 4 x CH-124 Sea King