Malta
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Malta | 624 | John Brown, Clydebank | --- | --- | --- | cancelled 1.1946 | |
| Gibraltar | 82 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | --- | --- | --- | cancelled 10.1945 | |
| New Zealand | 1304 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast | --- | --- | --- | cancelled 1.1946 | |
| Africa | 722 | Fairfield, Govan | --- | --- | --- | cancelled 10.1945 |
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Displacement standard, t |
46900 |
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Displacement full, t |
56800 |
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Length, m |
249.9 pp 279.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
35.4 wl 41.5 fd |
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Draught, m |
10.5 deep load |
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No of shafts |
4 |
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Machinery |
4 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
200000 |
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Max speed, kts |
32.5 |
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Fuel, t |
about 7500 oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | ? |
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Armour, mm |
belt and bulkheads: 114 - 38, flight deck: 25 |
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Armament |
8 x 2 - 114/45 QF Mk V, 8 x 6 - 40/56 Bofors Mk X, 7 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III, 81 aircraft (Seafire, Firefly, Sea Hornet, Sea Fury fighters, Barracuda, Firebrand torpedo bombers) |
|
Electronic equipment |
radars |
| Complement | 2780/3535 |
Aircraft facilities (fd - 10,251m², ha - 5,300m² / 28,090m³): Flight deck: 247x41.5m. Hangar was 5.3m in height and had useful area 5300m2. There were 2 centreline lifts (13.6t, 16.5x14m) and 2 deck edge lifts (13.6t, 17.1x10.7m). There were 2 catapults BH-V (13.6t plane was launched at 139km/h).
Project history: Malta and New Zealand were estimated for completion in 1950-1951. Ships would had open hangars, unprotected flight deck designed as superstructure.
Protection: There was an armoured hangar deck, magazines and steering gear had up to 152mm local protection. Underwater protection was a modification of previous designs, was 6.4m deep and can resist to explosion of 908kg TNT.
Many thanks for Borys Estrin for additional information.
© Ivan Gogin, 2008-14