Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
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Albatross | I22 | Cockatoo DYd | 5.5.1926 | 23.2.1928 | 23.1.1929 | to UK 9.1938 |
Displacement standard, t | 4800 |
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Displacement full, t | 6350 |
Length, m | 135.3 |
Breadth, m | 18.6 wl 23.7 by sponsons |
Draught, m | 5.26 deep load |
No of shafts | 2 |
Machinery | 2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers |
Power, h. p. | 12000 |
Max speed, kts | 21 |
Fuel, t | oil 942 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 12150(10) |
Armament | 4 x 1 - 120/40 QF Mk VIII, 4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 4 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II, 9 seaplanes (Seagull) |
Complement | 450 |
Year | 1929 | 1939 |
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Recon flying boats | 9 Seagull | 6 Walrus |
There were hangar and compressed air catapult. Aircraft fuel stowage was 37,700l.
Albatross was designed in Australia for Australian Navy and was the largest ship built in dominion at the moment of completion. Significantly revised design of first seaplane/aircraft carrier Ark Royal was taken for a basis. The single-level hangar is arranged fwd from a superstructure. An aviation petrol stowage was 37,732l. In September, 1938 Albatross was transferred to Royal Navy.
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