Editing HMS Implacable (R86) (section)

{{short description|1944 Implacable-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy}}
{{other ships|HMS Implacable}}
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{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = HMS Implacable (R86) MOD 45139827.jpg
| Ship caption = Profile view of ''Implacable'' at anchor
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{{Infobox ship career
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| Ship country = United Kingdom
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}}
| Ship name = ''Implacable''
| Ship namesake = 
| Ship ordered = October 1938
| Ship builder = [[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company|Fairfield Shipbuilding]], [[Govan]]
| Ship laid down = 21 February 1939
| Ship launched = 10 December 1942
| Ship commissioned = 28 August 1944
| Ship decommissioned = 1 September 1954
| Ship identification = [[Pennant number]]: 86<ref>Lenton, p. 713</ref>
| Ship honours = *Norway 1944
*Japan 1945<ref>McCart, p. 190</ref>
| Ship fate = Sold for [[ship breaking|scrap]], 27 October 1955
| Ship motto = 
| Ship nickname = 
| Ship notes = 
| Ship badge = 
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Implacable|aircraft carrier}}
| Ship displacement = {{convert|32110|LT|t|lk=on}} ([[deep load]])
| Ship length = *{{convert|766|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}} ([[Length overall|o/a]])
*{{convert|730|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} ([[waterline]])
| Ship beam = {{convert|95|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on|1}}
| Ship draught = {{convert|29|ft|4|in|m|1|abbr=on}} (deep load)
| Ship propulsion = 4 shafts; 4 geared [[steam turbine]]s
| Ship speed = {{convert|32.5|kn|lk=in}}
| Ship power = *8 [[Admiralty 3-drum boiler]]s
*{{cvt|148000|shp|kW|lk=on}}
| Ship range = {{convert|6720|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|20|kn}}
| Ship complement = 2,300 (1945)
| Ship sensors = *1 × [[Type 277 radar|Type 277]] [[Height finder|height-finding radar]]
*1 × [[Type 279 radar|Type 279]] [[early-warning radar]]
*1 × [[Type 281 radar|Type 281]] early-warning radar
*6 × Type 282 gunnery radars
*4 × [[Type 285 radar|Type 285]] gunnery radars
| Ship EW = 
| Ship armament = *8 × twin [[QF 4.5 inch naval gun|QF 4.5-inch]] [[dual-purpose gun]]s
*5 × octuple, 1 × quadruple [[QF 2-pounder naval gun|QF 2-pdr]] [[anti-aircraft gun]]s
*21 × twin, 19 × single [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|Oerlikon 20 mm]] anti-aircraft guns
| Ship armour = *[[Belt armor|Waterline belt]]: {{convert|4.5|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
*[[Flight deck]]: {{convert|3|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
*[[Bulkhead (partition)|Bulkhead]]s: {{convert|2|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
*[[Hangar]] sides: {{convert|2|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
*[[Magazine (artillery)|Magazine]]s: {{convert|3|-|4.5|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| Ship aircraft = 81
| Ship aircraft facilities = 1 [[aircraft catapult|catapult]]
| Ship notes = 
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'''HMS ''Implacable''''' was the [[name ship]] of [[Implacable-class aircraft carrier|her class]] of two [[aircraft carrier]]s built for the [[Royal Navy]] during [[World War II]]. Upon completion in 1944, she was initially assigned to the [[Home Fleet]] and attacked targets in Norway for the rest of the year. She was subsequently assigned to the [[British Pacific Fleet]] (BPF) where she attacked the Japanese naval base at [[Chuuk Lagoon|Truk]] and targets in the [[Japanese Home Islands]] in 1945. The ship was used to repatriate liberated Allied prisoners of war (PoWs) and soldiers after the [[Japanese surrender]], for the rest of the year. ''Implacable'' returned home in 1946 and became the Home Fleet's deck-landing training carrier, a role that lasted until 1950. She briefly served as [[flagship]] of the Home Fleet in 1950. During this time she participated in many exercises and made a number of port visits in Western Europe. She was placed in [[Reserve fleet|reserve]] in 1950 and converted into a [[training ship]] in 1952, and served as flagship of the Home Fleet Training Squadron. The ship was considered for a major modernisation in 1951–1952, but this was rejected as too expensive and time-consuming. ''Implacable'' was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] in 1954 and sold for [[ship breaking|scrap]] the following year.