HMS Implacable

E622963

HMS Implacable was a British Royal Navy Implacable-class aircraft carrier that saw significant service during the latter part of World War II, particularly in operations against Japan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
HMS Implacable canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Implacable-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
Royal Navy aircraft carrier ⓘ
warship ⓘ
aircraftCarried Fairey Firefly fighter-bombers ⓘ
linked to: Fairey Firefly

Grumman Avenger torpedo bombers ⓘ
Supermarine Seafire fighters ⓘ
linked to: Supermarine Seafire
airGroupCapacity about 80 aircraft ⓘ
armament 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
4 × twin 4.5-inch dual-purpose guns ⓘ
40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
beam 95 feet ⓘ
builder Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company ⓘ
builtAt Govan, Scotland ⓘ
commissioned 28 August 1944 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crewComplement approximately 2,300 officers and ratings ⓘ
decommissioned 1954 ⓘ
displacement approximately 23,450 tons standard ⓘ
approximately 32,110 tons full load ⓘ
fate scrapped ⓘ
hullNumber R86 ⓘ
laidDown 21 February 1939 ⓘ
launched 10 December 1942 ⓘ
length 766 feet overall ⓘ
maximumSpeed approximately 32 knots ⓘ
namedAfter the quality of being implacable ⓘ
navalEnsign White Ensign ⓘ
notableEvent conducted air strikes on Japan in July–August 1945 ⓘ
joined the British Pacific Fleet in 1945 ⓘ
operator Royal Navy ⓘ
participatedIn British Pacific Fleet operations ⓘ
carrier raids on Japanese home islands ⓘ
operations against the German battleship Tirpitz ⓘ
strikes on Truk ⓘ
strikes on the Sakishima Gunto ⓘ
strikes on the Tokyo area ⓘ
pennantNumber R86 ⓘ
postwarUse training carrier ⓘ
troop transport ⓘ
propulsion 4 shafts ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
scrapped 1955 ⓘ
servedInConflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
serviceEntry World War II era ⓘ
shipClass Implacable class ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Norwegian waters ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Pacific Fleet → flagship → HMS Implacable ⓘ