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 |