Invincible-class Aircraft Carrier

The Invincible-class aircraft carriers are a class of four light carriers in the Royal Navy and Portuguese Navy from 1980 through 2020. The vessels were built as aviation-capable anti-submarine warfare (ASW) platforms to counter the Cold War North Atlantic Soviet submarine threat, and initially embarked Sea Harrier aircraft and Sea King HAS.1 anti-submarine helicopters. All three RN Invincible-class carriers are expected to be decommissioned between 2016 and 2020.

Specifications

 * Type: Light Carrier
 * Service Period: 1980-2020
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 686 feet (209.09 meters)
 * Beam: 118 feet (35.97 meters)
 * Draft: 26 feet (7.93 meters)
 * Displacement: 16,000 tons (Standard); 22,000 tons (Full Load)
 * Complement: 600 marines
 * Crew: 1,140 (690 ships crew, 450 air crew)
 * Propulsion:
 * 4 x Olypmus TM3B gas turbines (100,000 shp)
 * 8 x Paxman Valenta diesel generators (100,000 shp)
 * 2 x shafts
 * Range: 7,000 nautical miles (12,964 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h0
 * Speed: 28 knots (51.86 km/h)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * BAE Systems Type 909 G/H-band Fire Control Radar x 2
 * BAE Systems type 996 E/F-band Surface Search Radar
 * Kelvin Hughes Type 1006 I-band Navigation Radar x 2
 * BAE Systems Type 1022 D-band Air Search Radar
 * Thales Underwater Systems Type 2016 Hull mounted Active/Passive Search and Attack Sonar
 * Armament:
 * 1 x GWS.30 Sea Dart Launcher (removed)
 * 2 x GAM-B01 20mm autocannons
 * 3 x 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS
 * Aircraft Carried:
 * 14 x BAe Systems Sea Harrier FRS.3
 * 6 x Westland Sea King
 * 4 x AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin

Britain

 * HMS Invincible (R05)
 * HMS Illustrious (R06)
 * HMS Indomitable (R07)

Iran

 * IIS Unnamed - cancelled due to Iranian Revolution
 * IIS Unnamed - cancelled due to Iranian Revolution
 * IIS Unnamed - cancelled due to Iranian Revolution

Portugal

 * NRP Hermenegildo Capelo (R-01)