HMS Formidable (R67)
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 17 June 1937 |
| Launched: | 17 August 1939 |
| Commissioned: | 24 November 1940 |
| Decommissioned: | 1947 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1956. |
| Struck: | 1953 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 28,661 tons full load |
| Length: | 743.75 ft (227 m) |
| Beam: | 95 ft (29 m) |
| Draught: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | 6 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Pearsons geared turbines producing 110,000 shp (82 MW) driving three shafts |
| Speed: | 30.5 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 1200 |
| Armament: | 8 x 4.5 inch (114 mm) guns 48 x 2 pdr (907 g) guns |
| Aircraft: | 36 |
| Motto: | |
HMS Formidable was an Illustrious class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy during World War II. She was constructed by Harland & Wolff, Belfast and commissioned on 24 November 1940. On the 26th of May 1941 she received serious damage while transporting aircraft to Malta, being hit by two 1000 kilogram bombs that put her out of action for six months. After repairs in an American shipyard, she re-equipped with Vought Corsair Fighters. She saw service in the Pacific with the British Pacific Fleet and survived several kamikaze attacks while supporting the landings on Okinawa. She was scrapped from November 1956.
References:
Roger Chesneau - Aircraft Carriers of the World, 1914 to the Present. An Illustrated Encyclopedia - A&AP - 1999 ISBN 1-86019-875-9
| Illustrious-class aircraft carrier |
| Illustrious | Formidable | Victorious |
| List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy |