Ark Royal-class aircraft carrier

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Royal Navy ship class aircraft carrier aircraft carrier class warship

The Ark Royal-class aircraft carrier was a pioneering class of British Royal Navy fleet carriers built in the late 1930s, notable for their enclosed hangars, armored protection, and significant role in early World War II naval aviation.

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Label Occurrences
Ark Royal-class aircraft carrier canonical 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy ship class ⓘ
aircraft carrier ⓘ
aircraft carrier class ⓘ
warship ⓘ
aircraftTypeCarried fighters ⓘ
fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
torpedo bombers ⓘ
armamentType anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
dual-purpose guns ⓘ
builtInPeriod late 1930s ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
designedBy British naval architects ⓘ
designedForRole fleet carrier ⓘ
naval aviation operations ⓘ
designedInPeriod 1930s ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
surface form: World War II era
fate sunk in World War II ⓘ
hasCategory Aircraft carrier classes ⓘ
Royal Navy ship classes NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War II aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasDesignFeature armoured flight deck sections ⓘ
armoured protection ⓘ
athwartships aircraft elevators ⓘ
bulged hull for torpedo protection ⓘ
closed bow for flight deck ⓘ
enclosed hangar ⓘ
full-length flight deck ⓘ
island superstructure ⓘ
twin hangar decks ⓘ
hullMaterial steel ⓘ
navalArchitectureType steel monohull ⓘ
navy Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor armoured protection for aviation facilities ⓘ
operations in early World War II ⓘ
participation in the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck ⓘ
pioneering enclosed hangar design in Royal Navy carriers ⓘ
significant role in early World War II naval aviation ⓘ
operator Royal Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
partOfClass Ark Royal-class aircraft carrier NERFINISHED ⓘ
propulsionType steam turbine ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
shipInClass HMS Ark Royal (91) NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

HMS Formidable → precededByClass → Ark Royal-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal → shipClass → Ark Royal-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
subject surface form: HMS Ark Royal
HMS Ark Royal → shipClass → Ark Royal-class aircraft carrier ⓘ