Specifications
|
Original
|
Final
|
Displacement:
|
28,700 tons full load
|
Dimensions:
|
226.9 x 44.1 x 8.8 metres
(744 x 144 x 29 feet)
|
226.9 x 48.8 x 8.8 metres
(744 x 160 x 29 feet)
|
Propulsion:
|
2 shafts;
4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers;
2 Parsons geared turbines, 76,000 shp;
28 knots
|
Crew:
|
1830 crew plus 270 aircrew
|
1035 crew plus 900 marines
(as commando carrier)
|
?? crew plus ?? aircrew
(as STOVL carrier)
|
Aviation
|
Original
|
Refitted (1966)
|
Commando (1971)
|
ASW (1977)
|
STOVL (1980)
|
Fixed Wing:
|
20 Sea Vixen
Scimitar
Buccaneer
8 Gannet ASW
|
20 Sea Vixen
Scimitar
Buccaneer
Gannet ASW ??
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
5 Sea Harrier
(20 during Falklands)
|
Helicopters:
|
n/a
|
8 Wessex
|
20 Wessex
|
9 Sea King
4 Wessex Mk.5
|
9 Sea King Mk.2
(10 during Falklands)
|
Complement:
|
Total aircraft complement approximately
28-30 of various types. Complement differed according to mission and circumstances,
carrying as few as 13 helicopters as an ASW carrier and up to 30 during the
Falklands War. Complements are approximate for any given period.
|
Surface Action
|
Original:
|
Final (from 1966 / 1971):
|
Guns:
|
5 - 40mm Mk.5 twin mounts
|
n/a
|
Missiles:
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
Radar:
|
Type 974 navigation
|
Type 922Q surface / low level air seach
|
Fire Control:
|
|
|
Air Defence
|
Original
|
Final (from 1966 / 1971)
|
Guns:
|
5 - 40mm Mk.5 twin mounts
|
n/a
|
Missiles:
|
n/a
|
2 GWS22 Seacat SAM triple launchers
(1966)
|
Radar:
|
Type 984 3D search
Type 982 height finder
Type 262 tracker
|
Type 965 AKE-1 long range air search
Type 922Q surface / low level air seach
|
Fire Control:
|
|
GWS 22 fire control
|
See aircraft listing for more information.
Undersea Warfare
|
Original
|
Refitted (1966)
|
Commando (1971)
|
ASW (1977)
|
STOVL (1980)
|
Armament:
|
Gannet ASW fixed wing
|
Wessex ASW helo
|
n/a
|
Sea King
Wessex Mk.5
|
Sea King Mk.2
|
Sonar:
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
Decoys:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electronic
Warfare
|
|
Countermeasures:
|
|
ESM:
|
|
ECM:
|
|
Other:
|
|
Ships:
Name
|
Pendant
|
Commissioned
|
Comments
|
Fate
|
|
HERMES |
R12
|
1959
|
Participated
in the Falklands War.
|
Paid off 1984.
Indian VIRAAT 1986.
|
Photos:
(click on thumbnail for bigger image)
|
HERMES
|
|
Notes:
|
1. HERMES prior
to receiving the "ski-jump" associated with STOVL aircraft operation. M.D.
Thomas Photo.
2. A similar view of HERMES, now fitted with the "ski-jump". A Sea Harrier
and Sea King are visible on deck. M.D. Thomas Photo.
3. M.D. Thomas Photo.
4. M.D. Thomas Photo.
5. M.D. Thomas Photo.
6. M.D. Thomas Photo.
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
