HMS Indomitable

HMS Indomitable (pennant number 92) was a modified Illustrious class aircraft carrier of the British Royal Navy. The Illustrious class came about due to the 1937 Naval Programme. She had been designed to the original configuration of the Illustrious class, but was soon revised to enable her to operate far more aircraft than her sister-ships were able to. She was laid down by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness, on 10 November 1937, as war loom... more

Ship

Ship builder

Vickers Armstrong

Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company in 1927. The majority of the company was nationalised in the 1960s and 1970s, with the remainder being divested as Vickers plc in 1977....

Keel laid:

  • Nov 10, 1937

Launched:

  • Mar 26, 1940

Owners:

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