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The Audacious-class aircraft carriers were a class of aircraft carriers proposed by the British government in the 1930s - 1940s and completed after the Second World War. The two ships built were heavily modified and diverged over their service lives. They were in operation from 1951 until 1979.

HMS Eagle
Class overview
NameAudacious class
Operators Royal Navy
Preceded by Implacable class
Succeeded by
Planned4
Completed2
Cancelled2
Retired2
General characteristics
TypeAircraft carrier
Displacement36,800 tons (as built)
Length804 ft (245 m)
Beam
  • Ark Royal
  • 112 ft (34 m) (as built)
  • Eagle
  • 135 ft (41 m)
Draught33 ft (10 m)
Propulsion
  • 8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers in 4 boiler rooms
  • 4 sets of Parsons geared turbines, 4 shafts
  • Power: 152,000 shp (113,000 kW)
Speed
  • Eagle
  • 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
  • Ark Royal
  • 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h; 36.2 mph)
Range
  • Eagle
  • 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
  • Ark Royal
  • 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
  • 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Armament
  • Eagle (As built:)
    • 16 × 4.5 inch guns (8 × 2)
    • 61 × 40 mm guns (8 × 6, 2 × 2, 9 × 1)
  • Post-1964 re-fit:
    • 8 × 4.5 inch guns (4 × 2)
    • 6 × Seacat SAM missile launchers
  • Ark Royal (As built:)
    • 16 × 4.5 inch guns (8 × 2)
    • 52 × 40 mm (6 × 6, 2 × 2, 12 × 1)
  • 1969 refit: none
Armour
  • Eagle
  • Waterline belt: 4 in (100 mm)
  • Armoured flight deck: 1–4 in (25–102 mm)
  • Hangar side: 1 in (25 mm)
  • Hangar deck: 1 in (25 mm)
Aircraft carried
  • Eagle (As built:)
  • 60
  • Post-1964: 45
  • Ark Royal (As built:)
  • 50
  • 38 after 1967-1970 refit

History


HMS Ark Royal (left) next to USS Nimitz in 1978.
HMS Ark Royal (left) next to USS Nimitz in 1978.

The Audacious class was originally designed as an expansion of the Implacable class with double storied hangars. However, it was realised that the hangar height would not be sufficient for the new aircraft that were expected to enter service, so the design was considerably enlarged.[1]

Four ships were laid down between 1942 and 1943 during World War II as part of the British naval buildup - Africa, Irresistible, Audacious and Eagle. At the end of hostilities Africa and Eagle were cancelled. Work on the remaining two was suspended. They would be renamed and built to differing designs in the 1950s.

As the builds of Audacious (renamed Eagle) and Irresistible (renamed Ark Royal) progressed they differed so much that they effectively became the lead (and sole) ships of each of their own classes. They formed the backbone of the postwar carrier fleet, and were much modified.


Ships in class


Name Pennant Number Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Fate
HMS Eagle (Ex Audacious) R05 Harland and Wolff, Belfast
  • 24 October, 1942 as HMS Audacious.
  • Renamed at the start of 1946 as Eagle after the aircraft carrier that was sunk in 1942.
 19 March, 1946 5 October, 1951 Decommissioned 26 January, 1972.
HMS Ark Royal (Ex Irresistible) R09 Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
  • 3 May, 1943 as HMS Irresistible
  • Later renamed after the third Ark Royal that was lost in 1941.
 3 May, 1950 22 February, 1955 Decommissioned 14 February, 1979.
HMS Eagle N/A
  • Ordered from Swan Hunter, Wallsend-on-Tyne in August 1942.
  • Transferred to Vickers-Armstrong in December that year.
 19 April, 1944 N/A N/A Cancelled January 1946 when 23% complete.
HMS Africa N/A N/A N/A N/A Cancelled 15 October, 1945.

References


  1. "Audacious Class: Armoured Flight Decks". Armoured Aircraft Carriers in World War II. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

Further reading





На других языках

[de] Audacious-Klasse (1946)

Die Audacious-Klasse war eine Flugzeugträgerklasse der Royal Navy. Die zwei Schiffe der ursprünglich auf vier Schiffe geplanten Klasse dienten von 1955 bis 1978 in der britischen Marine.
- [en] Audacious-class aircraft carrier

[fr] Classe Audacious (porte-avions)

La classe Audacious est une classe de porte-avions lancée par le gouvernement du Royaume-Uni dans les années 1930 - 1940.

[it] Classe Audacious (portaerei)

La classe Audacious è stata una classe di portaerei della Royal Navy britannica.

[ru] Авианосцы типа «Одейшес»

Тип «Одейшес» (англ. Audacious class), также известный по имени головного корабля после переименования как Тип «Игл» (англ. Eagle class) — серия британских тяжёлых ударных авианосцев периода Второй мировой войны. Были созданы как дальнейшее развитие тяжёлых авианосцев типа «Имплекейбл», отличаясь увеличением числа самолётов на борту и большей высотой ангаров, для размещения в них новых, более крупных самолётов. Всего было запланировано к постройке четыре корабля этого типа, но заложены были лишь три, ни один из которых к окончанию войны ещё не был даже спущен на воду. В послевоенные годы их достройка значительно затянулась и в итоге в строй вступили лишь два из них, в 1951 и 1955 годах.


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