Implacable class aircraft carrier
- Implacable class aircraft carrier
The Royal Navy's "Implacable" class aircraft carriers were built some 30 months after the "Illustrious" class aircraft carriers. The "Implacable"s were more closely related to HMS "Ark Royal" with hangar walls slimmed down which allowed a better weight distribution. A lower hangar was also introduced in the class. The class also had a fourth set of propulsion machinery which gave them extra speed similar to the American "Essex" class.
Both ships of the class were laid down in 1939 and launched in December 1942 and were completed in August and May 1944. The delayed build time was due to altered shipyard priorities. Upon completion, the class had a short career.
"Indefatigable" was a relatively new ship when she achieved the first landing by a twin engined aeroplane, a de Havilland Mosquito. She then joined the British Pacific Fleet. She also took part in air raids against the German battleship "Tirpitz".
At the end of the Second World War, both ships were employed in the training role before being scrapped in 1955 and 1956 after hardly a decade of service. The decision to scrap the ships was due to the vast expense of modernising the two ships along the lines of HMS "Victorious".
hips
*, built by Fairfields in Govan
*, built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank
References
* DK Brown, Nelson to Vanguard, 2000, Chatham Publishing
* Anthony Preston, World's Worst Warships, 2002, Conway Maritime Press
*Aircraft Carriers, The World's Greatest Naval Vessels And Their Aircraft, By Chris Bishop and Chris Chant.
External links
* [http://www.xsouth.freeserve.co.uk/implacable_class.htm Implacable class]
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