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WORLD OF WARSHIPS HMS Invincible Invincible Class Aircraft Carrier R06
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HMS Invincible was the Royal Navy's lead ship of the three light aircraft carriers in her class. She was launched on 3 May 1977 as the seventh ship to carry the name. She saw action in the Falklands War when she was deployed with HMS Hermes and took over as flagship of the British fleet when Hermes was sold to India. Invincible was also deployed in the Yugoslav Wars and the Second Gulf War (Iraq War). In 2005, she was decommissioned and eventually sold for scrap to the Turkish company Leyal Ship Recycling in February 2011.
Invincible was built at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering. She was laid down in 1973, launched on 3 May 1977 and commissioned on 11 July 1980, whereafter she joined the fleet's other carriers Hermes and Bulwark in service.
On 25 February 1982, after several months of negotiations, the Australian government announced that it had agreed to buy Invincible for GBP 175 million as a replacement, under the name HMAS Australia, for the Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Melbourne.The sale was confirmed by the Ministry of Defence.
On 2 April 1982, however, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. Three days later, a naval task force headed by Invincible and Hermes left HMNB Portsmouth bound for the South Atlantic and, on 20 April, the British war cabinet ordered the repossession of the Islands. Along with eight Sea Harriers, the Invincible's airgroup included twelve Sea King helicopters that were slightly larger than the ship had originally been designed to accommodate. Small machine guns were added around the flight deck and island for close-in defence.
omplement: 1,051 total, including 726 ship's company and 384 Air Group personnel Armament: 3 Goalkeeper CIWS 2 GAM-B01 20 mm close-range guns Aircraft carried: Until December 2010, 22 aircraft; Multi Mission - Strike, ASuW and ASW 12 x Harrier GR.7/9 10 x Sea King ASaC and Merlin HM Mk.1 helicopters Multi Mission - Strike and ASuW 18 Harrier GR.7/9 4 Sea King ASaC and Merlin HM Mk.1 helicopters.
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WORLD OF WARSHIPS HMS Invincible Invincible Class Aircraft Carrier R06 - Desktop Nexus BoatsDownload free wallpapers and background images: WORLD OF WARSHIPS HMS Invincible Invincible Class Aircraft Carrier R06. Desktop Nexus Boats background ID 2298430. HMS Invincible was the Royal Navy's lead ship of the three light aircraft carriers in her class. She was launched on 3 May 1977 as the seventh ship to carry the name. She saw action in the Falklands War when she was deployed with HMS Hermes and took over as flagship of the British fleet when Hermes was sold to India. Invincible was also deployed in the Yugoslav Wars and the Second Gulf War (Iraq War). In 2005, she was decommissioned and eventually sold for scrap to the Turkish company Leyal Ship Recycling in February 2011.
Invincible was built at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering. She was laid down in 1973, launched on 3 May 1977 and commissioned on 11 July 1980, whereafter she joined the fleet's other carriers Hermes and Bulwark in service.
On 25 February 1982, after several months of negotiations, the Australian government announced that it had agreed to buy Invincible for GBP 175 million as a replacement, under the name HMAS Australia, for the Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Melbourne.The sale was confirmed by the Ministry of Defence.
On 2 April 1982, however, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. Three days later, a naval task force headed by Invincible and Hermes left HMNB Portsmouth bound for the South Atlantic and, on 20 April, the British war cabinet ordered the repossession of the Islands. Along with eight Sea Harriers, the Invincible's airgroup included twelve Sea King helicopters that were slightly larger than the ship had originally been designed to accommodate. Small machine guns were added around the flight deck and island for close-in defence.
omplement: 1,051 total, including 726 ship's company and 384 Air Group personnel Armament: 3 Goalkeeper CIWS 2 GAM-B01 20 mm close-range guns Aircraft carried: Until December 2010, 22 aircraft; Multi Mission - Strike, ASuW and ASW 12 x Harrier GR.7/9 10 x Sea King ASaC and Merlin HM Mk.1 helicopters Multi Mission - Strike and ASuW 18 Harrier GR.7/9 4 Sea King ASaC and Merlin HM Mk.1 helicopters.
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