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Ark Royal (91) Information
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| Role: | Aircraft Carrier |
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| Country: | UK | |
| Commissioned: | 16 December 1938 | |
| Sunk: | 14 November 1941 |
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Ark Royal (91) Information
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| Role: | Aircraft Carrier |
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| Country: | UK | |
| Commissioned: | 16 December 1938 | |
| Sunk: | 14 November 1941 |
HMS Ark Royal was the second purpose-built aircraft carrier constructed for the Royal Navy. Laid down in September 1935, the ship was built along the banks of the Mersey by Cammell Laird and Company, Ltd. of Birkenhead. The only ship of its class, Ark Royal possessed two levels of hangar decks and was the third ship of the Royal Navy to carry the name. Its predecessors included Lord Howard's flagship during the battles with the Spanish Armada (1588) and a seaplane tender during World War I.
| Specifications: | |
| displacement: | 28,160 tons (full load) |
| length: | 240m |
| beam: | 28.9m |
| draught: | 8.7m |
| complement: | 1580 |
| Performance: | |
| installed power: | ? |
| propulsion: | 6 x Admiralty 3 drum boilers; 3 x Parsons geared Turbines |
| speed: | 31 knots (57km/h) |
| range: | 14100km |
| Other: | |
| armament: | 16 x 110mm dual purpose guns |
| 32 x 2 Pounder, 40mm 'pom-pom' anti aircraft guns | |
| 32 x 12.7mm anti aircraft machine guns | |
| aircraft: | 1939-40: 26 x Fairey Swordfish, 24 x Blackburn Skuas. |