Last update: 22.02.2001
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Illustrious class
General Info
Fleet / Country: Royal Navy / Great Britain In service from: 1940 Complement (officers/enlisted): 1997

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
227,00  /   221,27
Beam overall / wl.:
29,20  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
8,8  /  
Air deck
204x29
Hangar decks
140x29
Elevators
2

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
23000
Full loaded
29100

Armament
Main guns
16x114/45
Secondary guns
48-60x40,40-52x20
Planes
33-54
Catapults
1

Engines
Boilers
6xAdmiralty 3-drum
Turbines
6xParsons

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
31,0
endurance
8800 miles @ 20 kts
Engines load
113377 HP
Fuel
4800 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
0

Armor
(milimetres)
Side belt
114
Decks
76
Main Battery turrets
Formidable,