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Description
Recommissioning after a five-year rebuild, HMS Eagle was immediately pressed into service as the flagship of Operation Socialise: the campaign to retake the Falkland Islands in April-July 1964. The alterations made to her included the installation of a fully-angled 8-degree deck, Sea Cat missiles, new radar and a complete overhaul of her electrical systems and air conditioning. Last-minute additions included new water-cooled blast deflectors to accommodate fighters fitted with reheated engines and bridle catchers on her catapults. After this refit, she remained in service until the early-1980s.

Specifications:
Class and type: Audacious-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 43,060 long tons standard; 54,100 long tons full load
Length: 811.8 ft (247.4 m) o/a; 720 ft (220 m) p.p.
Beam: 171 ft (52 m) overall width
Draught: 36 ft (11 m)
Propulsion: 4 shaft geared steam turbines; 8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Installed power: 152,000 shp (113,000 kW)
Speed: 31 knots (36 mph; 57 km/h)
Range: 7,000 nmi (13,000 km) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Complement: 2,500 average; 2,750 max

Armament:
8 × 4.5 inch guns (4×2)
6 × GWS.21 Sea Cat SAM launchers

Armour:
Waterline belt: 4 in (100 mm)
Armoured flight deck: 1–4 in (25–102 mm)
Hangar side: 1 in (25 mm)
Hangar deck: 1 in (25 mm)

Radar:
1 × Type 984 3D air search
1 × Type 965 2D air search
1 × Type 974 navigation
1 × Type 963 carrier approach
6 × Type 262 Close Range Blind Fire directors

Aircraft carried:
45: usually 10 × BAC Cutlass; 10 × Tiger; 10 × Buccaneer; 10 × Sea Hawk FB.7; 3 × Gannet AEW; 2 × Wessex

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You can see the rest of the stuff in this AU here: Timeline 27-10-1962

Description
Recommissioning after a five-year rebuild, HMS Eagle was immediately pressed into service as the flagship of Operation Socialise: the campaign to retake the Falkland Islands in April-July 1964. The alterations made to her included the installation of a fully-angled 8-degree deck, Sea Cat missiles, new radar and a complete overhaul of her electrical systems and air conditioning. Last-minute additions included new water-cooled blast deflectors to accommodate fighters fitted with reheated engines and bridle catchers on her catapults. After this refit, she remained in service until the early-1980s.

Specifications:
Class and type: Audacious-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 43,060 long tons standard; 54,100 long tons full load
Length: 811.8 ft (247.4 m) o/a; 720 ft (220 m) p.p.
Beam: 171 ft (52 m) overall width
Draught: 36 ft (11 m)
Propulsion: 4 shaft geared steam turbines; 8 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Installed power: 152,000 shp (113,000 kW)
Speed: 31 knots (36 mph; 57 km/h)
Range: 7,000 nmi (13,000 km) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Complement: 2,500 average; 2,750 max

Armament:
8 × 4.5 inch guns (4×2)
6 × GWS.21 Sea Cat SAM launchers

Armour:
Waterline belt: 4 in (100 mm)
Armoured flight deck: 1–4 in (25–102 mm)
Hangar side: 1 in (25 mm)
Hangar deck: 1 in (25 mm)

Radar:
1 × Type 984 3D air search
1 × Type 965 2D air search
1 × Type 974 navigation
1 × Type 963 carrier approach
6 × Type 262 Close Range Blind Fire directors

Aircraft carried:
45: usually 10 × BAC Cutlass; 10 × Tiger; 10 × Buccaneer; 10 × Sea Hawk FB.7; 3 × Gannet AEW; 2 × Wessex

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You can see the rest of the stuff in this AU here: Timeline 27-10-1962