Skip navigation

HMS Implacable (86)

Quick Facts

Ship Name
HMS Implacable
Type
Aircraft Carrier
Class
Implacable-class aircraft carrier
Pennant Number
86
Launched
1942
Built at
Fairfield Shipbuilding
Commissioned
1944
Armament
Carrier air group
Propulsion
Steam turbines
Role
Aircraft carrier
Notable for
Late-war fleet carrier
Fate
Scrapped in 1955
Status
Decommissioned

HMS Implacable was one of the last British fleet carriers completed during the Second World War and served into the postwar years.