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Name: GIBRALTAR
Type: Aircraft Carrier
Keel: n/a
Launched: n/a
Completed: n/a
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 82
Dimensions: 46900disp - 56800disp, 820.0 x 115.5 x 29.5(draft)ft
Engines: 4 x Steam turbines, SR geared, 200000shp
Engines by: Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 4 x Screws, 33.0knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 8 x 2 x 4.5ins QF, 6 x 8 x 40mm AA, 7 x 1 x 40mm AA guns;
2 x catapults, 80 - 108 x aircraft
History:
British Royal Navy
Comments: Member of the Malta Class of aircraft carriers
Designed to be without armour on flight deck or hangar
15/07/1943: Ordered
15/10/1945: Cancelled