Thursday, January 15, 2009



HMS TRIUMPH on 23-08-1947 at Malta


  • Laid down:
    27 January 1943
    Launched:
    2 November 1944
    Commissioned:
    May 1946
    Struck:
    1981
    Fate:
    Scrapped 1981
    General characteristics
    Class and type:
    Colossus class aircraft carrier
    Displacement:
    13,400 tons
    Length:
    695 feet (212 m)
    Beam:
    80 feet (24 m)
    Draught:
    23.5 feet (7.2 m)
    Propulsion:
    4 × Steam turbines.Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared turbines
    Speed:
    25 knots (46 km/h)
    Complement:
    1,300 (including air group)
    Aircraft carried:
    48

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