HMS Illustrious (87)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Illustrious
- Type
- Aircraft Carrier
- Class
- Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- Pennant Number
- 87
- Launched
- 1939
- Built at
- Harland and Wolff
- Commissioned
- 1940
- Armament
- Carrier air group
- Propulsion
- Steam turbines
- Role
- Aircraft carrier
- Notable for
- Armoured fleet carrier
- Fate
- Scrapped in 1957
- Status
- Decommissioned
HMS Illustrious was an armoured fleet carrier that served in some of the Royal Navy’s most important operations during the Second World War.
Other Ships with this Name (5)
- HMS Illustrious (87) (this page)
- HMS Illustrious (R06) – Invincible-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Illustrious (1789) – Third-rate ship of the line
- HMS Illustrious (1896) – Majestic-class battleship
- HMS Illustrious (1939) – Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Illustrious (1982) – Invincible-class aircraft carrier