| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 17 April 1973 |
| Builder: | Vickers Shipbuilding Limited, Barrow-in-Furness, England |
| Laid down: | July 1973 |
| Launched: | 3 May 1977 |
| Sponsored by: | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Commissioned: | 11 July 1980 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 August 2005 |
| Homeport: | HMNB Portsmouth |
| Identification: | Pennant: R05 Deck code = N |
| Nickname: | "Vince"[1] |
| Fate: | Scrapped[2] |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Invincible-class aircraft carrier |
| Tonnage: | 16000 tonnes (light)[3] |
| Displacement: | 22,000 long tons (22,000 t) fully loaded |
| Length: | 689 ft (210 m) |
| Beam: | 118.1 ft (36.0 m) |
| Draught: | 28.9 ft (8.8 m) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h), 18 knots (33 km/h) cruising |
| Range: | 7,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (13,000 km at 33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 1,051 total, including 726 ship's company and 384 Air Group personnel |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | Until December 2010, 22 aircraft;
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