Royal Navy — Light aircraft carrier
R08
HMS Bulwark (R08)
- Displacement
- 22,000 long tons (22,353 t)
- Length
- 224.87 m (737.8 ft)
- Beam
- 37.49 m (123 ft)
- Speed
- 28 knots (51.9 km/h, 32.2 mph)
- Complement
- 850
Service
- as HMS Bulwark4 November 1954 — April 1981
Centaur-class aircraft carrier light aircraft carrier
Particulars
- Name
- HMS Bulwark
- Pennant / hull number
- R08
- Builder
- Harland & Wolff
- Ordered
- 17 April 1943
- Laid down
- 10 May 1945
- Launched
- 22 June 1948
- Commissioned
- 4 November 1954
- Decommissioned
- April 1981
- Fate
- Scrapped 1984 (1984)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, full load
- 22,000 long tons (22,353 t)
- Length
- 224.87 m (737.8 ft)
- Beam
- 37.49 m (123 ft)
- Draught
- 8.47 m (27.8 ft)
- Speed
- 28 knots (51.9 km/h, 32.2 mph)
- Range
- 7,000 nmi (12,964 km)
- Complement
- 850
HMS Bulwark was a Centaur-class aircraft carrier light aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number R08. Her keel was laid at Harland & Wolff on 10 May 1945. Launched on 22 June 1948, she entered service on 4 November 1954.
She was one of four ships of her class. The class followed the 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier and was succeeded by the Invincible-class aircraft carrier.
She displaced 22,000 long tons. She measured 224.9 m (738 ft) long with a beam of 37.5 m (123 ft). Her designed speed was 28 knots, and she carried a complement of 850.
She was decommissioned in April 1981.
She was broken up for scrap in 1984.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 boilers, 2 shafts
- Aircraft
- As a commando carrier: 16 Wessex V helicopters of 845 or 848 Naval Air Squadron
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Bulwark (R08) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.