Malta-class aircraft carrier

Class overview
Name	Malta
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Audacious class
Succeeded by	Centaur class
Planned	4
Cancelled	4
General characteristics (Design X1)
Type	Aircraft carrier
Displacement	46,890 long tons (47,640 t) (standard); 57,700 long tons (58,600 t) (deep load);
Length	897 ft (273.4 m) (o/a); 850 ft (259.1 m) (waterline);
Beam	115 ft 6 in (35.2 m)
Draught	35 ft (10.7 m) (deep load)
Installed power	200,000 shp (150,000 kW); 8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers;
Propulsion	4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines;
Speed	33.25 knots (61.58 km/h; 38.26 mph)
Range	7,100 nmi (13,100 km; 8,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	3,500
Armament	8 × twin QF 4.5-inch dual-purpose guns; 8 × sextuple, 7 × single 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns;
Armour	Waterline belt: 4 in (102 mm); Deck: 4 in (102 mm); Bulkheads: 2–4 in (51–102 mm);
Aircraft carried	80–108
Aviation facilities	2 catapults

The Malta-class aircraft carrier was a British large aircraft carrier design of World War II. Four ships were ordered in 1943 for the Royal Navy, but changing tactical concepts, based on American experience in the Pacific War, caused repeated changes to the design, which was not completed before the end of the war. All four ships were cancelled in 1945 before they were laid down.

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