HMS Triumph (R16)
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HMS Triumph was a Royal Navy Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier. She served in the Korean War and later, after reconstruction, as a support ship.
HMS Triumph at sea, March 1950
Battle of Inchon, 1950
HMS Triumph as a heavy repair ship.
Flight deck
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The flight deck of an aircraft carrier is the surface on which its aircraft take off and land, essentially a miniature airfield at sea. On smaller naval ships which do not have aviation as a primary m
HMS Triumph (R16)
…speed of 25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h). The ships had a range of 12,000 nautical miles (14,000 mi; 22,000 km) at a speed of 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h). The flight deck was 690 feet (210.3 m) long and 80 feet (24.4 m) wide, while the hangar was 275 feet (83.8 m) long (with a 57 feet (17.4 m) extension aft of the rear…
Flight deck of Charles de Gaulle. Catapults are installed on aircraft carriers in three countries.
Eugene Ely's first landing, on the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania
HMS Argus showing the full-length flight deck from bow to stern
ROKS Dokdo's full length flight deck