WORLD OF WARSHIPS HMS HERMES CVL R 12

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The Centaur class of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy was the last of the light fleet carrier designs started during the closing years of World War II. The first of four of the class was commissioned in 1953 and the final, decommissioned in 1984. The first three ships lacked an angled flight deck and were therefore unsuitable for fast jet aircraft, and production of a second four carriers in the class was cancelled.

Length: 224,6 meters (737 ft)
Beam: 39,6 meters (130 ft)
Draft: 8,7 meters (28.5 ft)
Displacement: 28700 tons (full load)
Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h), max.
Range: 7000 NM (13000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 1390 (incl. air group)

Propulsion:
2 x shaft geared steam turbines
4 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers
78000 Hp (58000 KW)

Aviation: full flight deck & hangar for up to 42 aircraft

The typical aircraft complement in the late 1960s consisted of 12 Sea Vixen FAW2s, 7 Buccaneer S2s, 4 Gannet AEW3s, 1 Gannet COD4, 5 Wessex HAS3s and 1 Wessex HAS1. Hermes was recommissioned as a commando carrier in 1973, as an ASW carrier in 1976 (carrying around 20 or so Sea King and Wessex helicopters), and then as a V/STOL carrier in 1981. Hermes initial complement of aircraft as a V/STOL carrier was five Harriers and 12 Sea King helicopters, though she had the capacity for up to a total of 37 aircraft