Last update: 22.02.2001
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Hermes class
General Info
Fleet / Country: Royal Navy / Great Britain In service from: 1924 Complement (officers/enlisted): 700

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
182,90
Beam overall / wl.:
21,40  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
8,1  /  
Air deck
173,7x27,4
Hangar decks
122x15
Elevators
1

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
10850
Full loaded
13700

Armament
Main guns
6x140
Secondary guns
3x102,8x12,7
Planes
12

Engines
Boilers
6 x Yarrow
Turbines
2 x Parsons
Shafts
2

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
26,2
endurance
2930 miles @ 18 kts
Engines load
42900 HP
Fuel
2000 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
3 41002

Armor
(milimetres)
Main Battery turrets
Hermes,