the IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands 27 February 2009
United Kingdom-flagged, homeport Portsmouth, IMO 8949563, MMSI 229253152 and call sign GVUH. Building ordered in 14 May 1976, laid down by Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom on 7 October 1976, launched on 14 December 1978, commissioned on 20 June 1982, major refits in the 1900s, between 2003-2005 and 2010-2010, decommissioned on 20 August 2014, efforts to preserve as museum ship failed and sold to be broken up at Aliaga, Turkey to where she departed on 7 December 2016 and broken up in 2017. Of the Invincible-class consisting of the Invincible, Illustrious and Indomitable although the latter was renamed Ark Royal, preceded by the Audacious and Centaur-classes and succeeded by Queen Elizabeth-class. Displacement 22.000 tons and as dimensions 210 x 36 x 7,6 metres. The machinery consists of 3 Roll-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines supplying 97.000 hp and 8 Paxman Valenta diesel generators allowing a speed of more as 30 knots and with a speed of 18 knots a range of 5.000 nautical miles. Her crew numbers 685 men excluded the 366 men of the Fleet Air Arm. Armament consists of 3 Goalkeepers CIWS and 2 GAM-N01 2cm close range guns and able to take 22 helicopters of several types like Sea Kinf, Chinook, Apache, Merin and Lynx with her. When she was decommissioned she could take 22 Sea Harriers/Harrier II with her.
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