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HMS Formidable (R67)
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HMS Formidable (R67)

Career
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 feet
Beam: 28 feet
Draught:
Propulsion: 6 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Pearsons geared turbines producing 110,000 shp driving three shafts
Speed: 30.5 knots
Range: 11,000 nautical miles at 14 knots
Complement: 1200
Armament: 36
Aircraft: Eight 4.5-inch guns
48 2-pdr guns
Motto:

HMS Formidable was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy during World War II.


Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
Illustrious | Formidable | Victorious

List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy

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