HMS Formidable (R67)
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| Career
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| Ordered:
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| Laid down:
| 17 June 1937
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| Launched:
| 17 August 1939
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| Commissioned:
| 24 November 1940
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| Decommissioned:
| 1947
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| Fate:
| Scrapped 1956.
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| Struck:
| 1953
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 28,661 tons full load
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| Length:
| 743.75 feet
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| Beam:
| 28 feet
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| Draught:
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| Propulsion:
| 6 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Pearsons geared turbines producing 110,000 shp driving three shafts
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| Speed:
| 30.5 knots
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| Range:
| 11,000 nautical miles at 14 knots
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| Complement:
| 1200
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| Armament:
| 36
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| Aircraft:
| Eight 4.5-inch guns
48 2-pdr guns
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| Motto:
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HMS Formidable was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy during World War II.
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