HMS Illustrious

No AIS position on record for this vessel. Identity and particulars are below.

Identity & particulars

Name

HMS Illustrious

IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?

8949563

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Vessel type

light aircraft carrier

Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight

20,600

Length overall

210 m

Beam

36 m

Year built

1982

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About HMS Illustrious

HMS Illustrious was a light aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and the second of three Invincible-class ships constructed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She was the fifth warship and second aircraft carrier to bear the name Illustrious, and was affectionately known to her crew as "Lusty". In 1982, the conflict in the Falklands necessitated that Illustrious be completed and rushed south to join her sister ship HMS Invincible and the veteran carrier HMS Hermes. To this end, she was brought forward by three months for completion at Swan Hunter Shipyard, then commissioned on 20 June 1982 at sea en route to Portsmouth Dockyard to take on board extra stores and crew. She arrived in the Falklands to relieve Invincible on 28 August 1982 in a steam past. Returning to the United Kingdom, she was not formally commissioned into the fleet until 20 March 1983.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is HMS Illustrious now?

Voydar has no displayable AIS position for HMS Illustrious in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.

What kind of ship is HMS Illustrious?

HMS Illustrious is a light aircraft carrier, built in 1982 by Swan Hunter. The vessel is 210 m long with a beam of 36 m and has a gross tonnage of 20,600.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for HMS Illustrious?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for HMS Illustrious from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels and the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for HMS Illustrious. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

Sister ships

Ships of the same class, Invincible-class aircraft carrier (source: Wikidata).

• HMS InvincibleIMO 8949551Ship · built 1980
• HMS Ark RoyalIMO 8949575Ship · built 1985 · 28,766 GT