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	Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier.Illustrious Class (HMS Illustrious, HMS Victorious, HMS Formidable, HMS Indomitable).
		The small number of aircraft carried was due to extensive armouring, including the flight deck.
		The increase in size of aircraft, particularly jets, made post-war use of the Illustrious class impractical due to a lack of hangar height.
		Victorious was the only carrier to serve past the early 1950's after being extensively reconstructed to operate jet aircraft.
	www.geocities.com /baltimore_cfs2/hms_illustrious.htm (325 words)

	Aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		To land on the carrier, incoming aircraft moving at 150 mph (240 km/h) are equipped with tailhooks to engage one of up to four arrestor cables stretched across the deck, stopping the aircraft within 320 feet (100 m) after engaging a cable.
		By the late 1930s, aircraft carriers around the world typically carried three types of aircraft: torpedo bombers, also used for conventional bombings and reconnaissance; dive bombers, also used for reconnaissance (in the US Navy this type of aircraft were known as "scout bombers"); and fighters for fleet defence and bomber escort duties.
		As now only nuclear powered carriers have boilers as part of their motive power system, the majority of aircraft carriers are now equipped with steam generating plant solely to power the catapults.
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Aircraft_carrier (3553 words)

	HMS Illustrious (R06) - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The fifth HMS Illustrious (R06) is an Invincible-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, affectionately known as 'Lusty' to her crew.
		Until the RAF airfield on the Falklands was repaired, an aircraft carrier was required on station to protect the area from possible Argentine attack.
		The refit should enable her to carry on until 2012, when it is expected that the first of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers will come into service.
	www.free-definition.com /HMS-Illustrious-(R06).html (682 words)

	Invincible Class Aircraft Carriers
		At present Illustrious is the active carrier, Ark Royal is in a major refit at Rosyth and Invincible is undergoing maintenance at Portsmouth.
		As one of only two available aircraft carriers she was one of the principle targets of the Argentine air force not only because of her importance to the operation but also because of the presence of H.R.H Prince Andrew- a helicopter pilot- on board.
		In the same year she not only became the first carrier to enter the Baltic for many years on a visit to Poland but she also became what is believed to be the first carrier to visit HM Naval Base Clyde (Faslane).
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Today/invincible.htm (1230 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Illustrious class Aircraft Carriers
		This class were the first aircraft carriers with fully armoured hangars to be built for any navy, and an examination of the armouring shows that resistance to 6in shells or to a destroyer\'s guns at close range was at least as important as that to bombs.
		There was the usual island and funnel, and the flight deck had an effective lenght of 620ft in Illustrious and 670 ft in the other two, later increased to 740ft in all by reducing the round downs.
		The light AA armament was altered during the war Illustrious eventually having 40 2pdr (5x8), 3 40mm (3x1) and 52 20mm Oerlikons.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/class.html?ID=100 (392 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Illustrious class Aircraft Carriers
		This class were the first aircraft carriers with fully armoured hangars to be built for any navy, and an examination of the armouring shows that resistance to 6in shells or to a destroyer\'s guns at close range was at least as important as that to bombs.
		There was the usual island and funnel, and the flight deck had an effective lenght of 620ft in Illustrious and 670 ft in the other two, later increased to 740ft in all by reducing the round downs.
		Pertrol stowage was 50.540gal, which was insufficient for the 52-54 aircraft it was found possible to carry in 1944-45 using a permanent deck park with outrigger stowage.
	www.uboat.net /allies/warships/class.html?ID=100 (392 words)

	LemaireSoft's Class: Illustrious (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The great originality of the British fleet carriers built during the war was their armored deck.
		In all, the three ships of this class were still afloat at the end of the war despite the very hard blows they took in serveral battles under the fire of the enemy air forces.
		In contrast to the US or Japanese carriers, the armored flight deck is at one with the hull even at the extrimities of the ship.
	users.swing.be /classen1/classe1/5680.html (235 words)

	HMS ILLUSTRIOUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		HMS Illustrious spent only six months in the Mediterranean, but her involvement in that short space of time was to have far-reaching consequences, both locally and halfway around the world.
		Illustrious was part of a convoy escort, along with the battleships Warspite and Valiant and a screen of five destroyers, bound for Malta and Greece, when the carrier was attacked at 12.20 by two Italian SM79 torpedo-bombers north-west of Malta.
		Illustrious turned into the wind and launched four more fighters, which had been due to relieve her CAP at 12.35 in any case, but too late; the Ju87s began their attack at 12.38 from 12,000 feet without fighter opposition, thirty concentrating on the carrier and ten attacking the two battleships.
	world.std.com /~Ted7/Illus.htm (2669 words)

	Invincible Class Aircraft Carrier
		As the Government of the day was not prepared to finance such a class of vessel as an aircraft carrier, the Navy came up with a number of euphemisms to hide the true nature of these vessels, such as calling them Through Deck Command Cruisers, and side elevation sketches showing a conventional profile.
		While the first of class was under construction changes were announced, which included the ordering of twenty-four Sea Harriers, to carry out the interceptor role, and would be equipped with the Ferranti Blue Fox monopulse radar, an integrated nav/attack system, provision for air-to-air missiles and a heads-up display.
		While Hermes sailed for the UK at the end of the conflict, Illustrious remained and was finally relieved by her new sister ship, Invincible.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/weapons_invincibleclass.html (513 words)

	RO-6 Illustrious
		Illustrious or “Lusty” as she is fondly know to her crew was built at Swan Hunter on the Tyne and subsequently commissioned in her base port of Portsmouth in 1982.
		HMS Illustrious was built at Swan Hunters on the Tyne and was launched in 1982 by HRH Princess Margaret.
		She was the first of a new class of Aircraft Carrier and was commissioned in 1940.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/ro-6.htm (616 words)

	ILLUSTRIOUS CLASS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		She was to be the aviation equivalent of a submarine or destroyer depot ship in providing major forward repair facilities for jobs beyond the capabilities of the average carrier.
		Though described as an 'aircraft maintenance carrier', it would appear that acting as a carrier was part of her specification, an option taken up due to the wartime shortage off light decks.
		By early 1944 the Unicorn was in the Far East, still doubling as operational carrier pending the delayed arrival of the Victorious.
	www.xsouth.freeserve.co.uk /UNICORN.htm (389 words)

	Illustrious Class (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Aircraft carrier website dedicated to the history of HMS Illustrious, HMS Victorious, HMS Formidable, HMS Indomitable, HMS Implacable and HMS Indefatigable from their launch to their participation in major wars also notice board for families of ex-crew of Illustrious class carriers.
		HMS Illustrious and HMS Kenya at Devonport by Ivan Berryman
		HMS Illustrious slips quietly away from the docks at Devonport, Plymouth with the Fiji class cruiser in the middle distance, 1941.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /illustrious_class.htm (2280 words)

	H.M.S.Illustrious (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		H.M.S.Illustrious, fifth ship to bear the name and second of the invincible class aircraft carries, having completed her refit in April 1994, the ship is the most up to date of its class.
		The second Illustrious, also a 74 gun frigate, was launched at Rotherhithe in 1803, she had a long career winning battle honours at Basque Roads and Java before becoming a training ship in 1854.She was broken up in Portsmouth in 1868.
		The third Illustrious, a battle ship with 12 and 6 inch guns was launched in 1896, already obsolete in 1914, she spent most of the war as an Ammunition Store Ship and was scrapped in 1921
	louishenwood.com /Illustrious.html (748 words)

	DGAGAMES Broadband
		The Illustrious Class Fleet Carrier for instance, has 2 separate 5-point bonuses, which can be applied to either the attack of any unit, or the Air Defense of any unit.
		Alternatively, the same carrier may not be afraid of the Luftwaffe and add all 10 points to the attack of that same destroyer, bringing it up to a formidable 19 vs. Ground, 23 vs. Air, and 19 vs. Sea.
		Fleet carriers may also support air or ground units, but remember, if the carrier is destroyed, any allocated bonuses from the destroyed carrier is also eliminated, even if the supported unit has not fired yet.
	www.dgagames.com /Contact/faq.html (2274 words)

	ARMD Class Sublight Carrier
		It was intended that these carriers would be destroyed with the SDF-1 and its political time-bomb load of refugees, after which the Zentraedi would hopefully go and leave the Earth in peace, and the UEG securely in charge.
		Then the carriers were to close with the vessel, still firing the particle beams, and finish the ship off with concentrated SLBM barrages.
		These cannons were spread across the carrier's hull with one mounted on the central aft ventral, two on the aft ventral flanks, and two on the forward dorsal surface astride the bridge section.
	homepage.mac.com /cheethorne/Robotech/rdfarmdcarrier.htm (2697 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - HMS Illustrious (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The fourth Royal Navy ship of the name, HMS Illustrious was the first of a four-ship class of aircraft carriers commissioned in 1940 and 1941; her sister ships were HMS Formidable, Indomitable, and Victorious.
		The British had a very conservative approach to the uses of carrier aviation, and the ships were heavily armored and carried relatively few aircraft.
		The raid on Taranto signaled the coming of age of carrier aviation, and it was carefully studied by the Japanese in planning their attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_047400_hmsillustrio.htm (745 words)

	Secret Weapon - Navel Power (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Tomahawk missile has changed that somewhat, but the carrier is still the queen of the fleet.
		The newest and most numerous carriers in the fleet are the eight nuclear-powered Nimitz class vessels.
		Several classes of guided-missile destroyers are still in service in the U.S. Navy, but the Arleigh Burke class is rapidly replacing older ships.
	www.secretweapon.com /weapons/navel.html (684 words)

	ROBOTECH: RDF Naval Vessels - ARMD Class Sublight Carrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Unfortunately, the Zentraedi vessels were larger and tougher than expected, carried enough mecha to overwhelm the defenses of the Armors, had more firepower than they could handle, and outnumbered them enormously to boot.
		Two partial ARMD carriers were built as part of the SDF-2 project; these ships, ARMD-11 and ARMD-12, had no engine section at all, and were mainly to serve as external carriers on the SDF-2 Odyssey.
		Because of the obvious inefficiency of the Hunter and Lancer fighters, the two Armor cruisers that survived the Holocaust were refitted around the Valkyries, in the manner of ARMD-10.
	www.artemisgames.com /robotech/Naval/ARMD.html (2365 words)

	Naval Technology - Invincible Class - Aircraft Carriers
		The two sister ships HMS Illustrious and HMS Ark Royal, both built at the Swan Hunter Shipbuilders yard in Wallsend, were commissioned in 1982 and 1985.
		Since the end of the Cold War, the primary role of the 20,600t aircraft carriers has changed from sea control to maritime force projection, to include maritime strike, littoral manoeuvres and command and control of land operations.
		All three carriers are also equipped with two GAM-B01 20mm guns from Oerlikon-Contraves and BAE SYSTEMS, which have a maximum range of 2km and firing rate of 1,000 rounds/min.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/invincible (1048 words)

	Aircraft Carrier Essex History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		As flagship for Carrier Division 1, she was the first carrier to launch twin-engine F2H “Banshee” jet fighters in support of troops in Korea.
		Following the Korean action, she was again modernized, this time with a angled flight deck, and saw duty in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets in the late 1950s.
		Over her illustrious 27-year career, ESSEX was credited with sinking 92 and damaging 217 ships and destroying 1,564 aircraft.
	www.essex.navy.mil /history/cv9.htm (355 words)

	Second World War Books Review
		Aircraft aboard the escort carriers and Unicorn were Seafires, for the air defence of the landings, after which they would provide fighter-bomber support to help suppress the defences.
		The carriers had been given a 'box' in which to operate while flying off and recovering their aircraft, but the box was too small, causing difficulties for the commanders of the carriers.
		The original plan had expected the carriers to be on station for two days, three at the most, while bases ashore were secured and RAF units could be brought forward from Sicily.
	stonebooks.com /archives/011230.shtml (2461 words)

	Fleet Air Arm Officers' Association, FAAOA
		Illustrious - class Fleet Carrier: Matapan 1941, Crete 1941, Mediterranean 1941,North Africa 1942 - 3, Sicily 1943,Salerno 1943, Okinawa 1945, Japan 1945.
		Fleet carrier 1930 - 40 (sunk Jun 1940): Norway 1940.
		Illustrious - class Fleet Carrier 1940 - 54; (2) Invincible - class Light Fleet carrier 1982 - date: Taranto 1940, Mediterranean 1940 - 1, Malta Convoys 1941, Diego Suarez 1942, Salerno 1943, Sebang 1944, Palembang 1945, Okinawa 1945.
	www.fleetairarmoa.org /asp/fleetairarm.asp?ServiceType=1 (1147 words)

	THE BISMARCK CLASS
		The Dante Alighieri class of battleships were the first battleships in the world to have the triple turrets down the centerline. They were also Italy’s first dreadnoughts. Although she was faster than most of her contemporaries, she had relatively weak armor, which would later become typical of all Italian ships
		The Caio Duilio class of battleships were powerful and fast battleships. They sacrificed armor for speed and powerful weapons. These ships were comparable in power to the Arkansas class of ships, but were much faster than they were.
		The Caracciolo class of battleships were neverbuilt. Work on them were suspended in 1916, in order to concentrate on building destroyers, submarines, and other light craft. Work on them resumed in 1919, but was stopped once again in 1920. They were all scrapped by 1922.
	www.ussmissouri.com /Battleship-Italian.htm (608 words)

	Class Statistics Board
		In many ways there are too many classes here to seem sensible, it's just that somehow Starfleet have constructed 80,000 ships since its founding (due to the ship registries we know) and rather than have certain classes having thousands of ships, I was more comfortable with explaining this with a large number of classes...
		If the amounts of ships figure is in brackets, it indicates that further vessels in that class are planned, and the current number is only provisional, this obviously is only pertinent to 24th century classes still under construction.
		Final power values given are a fair indication of that class' actual armour and hitpoints capability, and a ship whose power is 100, is there or thereabouts ten times as powerful as a ship that is rated at 10.
	www.trekmania.net /the_fleet/utopia/statsboard.htm (889 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Aircraft Carrier HMS Victorious of the Illustrious class
		On 23 May 1941, the new carrier HMS Victorious whose aircrews, despite their inexperience, succeeded in putting a torpedo into the battleship\'s midship section, which opened up a fuel tank on the Bismarck.
		The aircraft were reassigned to their parent carriers on 24 July, and the force reached Noumea the next day.
		In July 1944, she led a strike against Palembang with HMS Illustrious, then on 25 July she led a strike against the Andaman Islands with HMS Indomitable.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/3259.html (811 words)

	"Taiho" Class Fleet Aircraft Carrier
		Essentially developed Shokaku class design with an armored flight deck, revised armament, enclosed bows, much larger island, and other improvements.
		Japanese reply to the American Essex class and British Illustrious class carriers.
		She had an armored flight deck, a first for a Japanese carrier, and she had the only enclosed hurricane bow since all the rest of the carriers had extended flight decks.
	www.warship.get.net.pl /Japonia/Aircraft_Carriers/CV_1944_Taiho_class/_Taiho_class.html (418 words)

	Royal Navy: HMS Illustrious
		The site aims to provide a regularly updated insight into the life of the ship and her crew.
		HMS Illustrious is the second of three Invincible class aircraft carriers and the fifth ship to bear the name.
		Illustrious or “Lusty” as she is fondly know to her crew was built at Swan Hunter on the Tyne and subsequently commissioned in her base port of Portsmouth in
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /static/pages/672.html (148 words)

	Formidable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Illustrious class carrier HMS Formidable prepares to recover a Fairey Albacore TB MK1 of No. 826 sqn.
		The Illustrious and Implacable Classes of Aircraft Carrier 1940 - 1969 by Neil McCart
		Illustrious Class aircraft carrier HMS Formidable Message Board for naval enthusiasts and ex Crew families of the HMS Formidable the Illustrious class carriers.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /formidable.htm (1123 words)

	HMS Formidable (R67) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Formidable was an Illustrious class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy during World War II.
		She saw service in the Pacific with the British Pacific Fleet and survived several kamikaze attacks while supporting the landings on Okinawa.
		Roger Chesneau - Aircraft Carriers of the World, 1914 to the Present.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Formidable_(R67) (195 words)

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