HMS INVINCIBLE
HMS INVINCIBLE

Battle Honours




Captain

Commander J.J. Black MBE [DSO]
Ship's Complement
  x Officers
y Seamen
z Others Embarked
Displacement (tons)
  16,000 Standard
19,500 Full Load
Dimensions (feet [metres])
  Hull
678 x 90 [206.6 x 27.5]
  Flight Deck
590 x 105 [180.0 x 31.9]
Machinery
  4 R-R Olympus gas turbines
112,000shp = 29+ knots
Armament
  1 x Sea Dart system (GWS 30)
(14 x 7.62mm GP machine-guns added)
Aircraft
  pre-'Corporate'
5 Sea Harriers
9 Sea King 5
  21 May 1982
10 Sea Harriers
9 Sea King 5
2 Lynx
IN Memoriam


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Bibliography:
David Brown, "The Royal Navy and the Falklands War", Book Club Associates, 1987
Martin Middlebrook, "Operation Corporate", Viking, 1985
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