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| Laid down | 14th December 1978 |
| Launched | 2nd June 1981 |
| Completed | N/A |
| Commissioned | 1st November 1985 |
| Fate | In service with Royal Navy |
| Builders | Swan Hunter, Wallsend United Kingdom |
| Complement | 725 crew 365 air group |
| Dimensions | |
|---|---|
| Displacement | As built: 16256 tons std 19812 tons max Refitted: 16850 tons std 20600 tons max |
| Dimensions | 677' 9" x 90' |
| Draught | 24' |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | 2 x 20mm Oerlikon GAM B01 |
| Secondary guns | None |
| Torpedo tubes | None |
| Other weapons | SAM: 2 x GWS30 SeaDart (1 x 2) 22 rounds CIWS: 3 x Mk 15 Phalanx |
| Countermeasures | 8 x Sea Gnat decoy launchers |
| Armour | N/A |
| Aircraft Facilities | |
| Aircraft | 24 various Sea Harriers Sea Kings |
| Flightdeck | 550' x 115' |
| Hangar | N/A |
| Catapults | None |
| Arrestor system | None |
| Aviation fuel | 250000 gallons |
| Electronics Fit | |
| Radar | Type 1022 air search Type 1006 navigation Type 992 surface search 2 x Type 909 fire control |
| Sonar | Type 2016 |
| ECM | Type 675 jammer |
| Other | N/A |
| Machinery | |
| Engines | 4 x Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines |
| Power output | 112000shp |
| Speed | 28kts |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Range | 5000NM @ 18kts |
| Fuel | N/A |
Ark Royal was originally to have been named Indomitable. In May 1999 she arrived at Rosyth for refitting, including the removal of SeaDart and replacing Phalanx with Goalkeeper. She is expected to recommission in 2001.
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