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Colossus Class
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Comm. | Decommission/ Loss |
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15 |
16-Dec-1944 | 1946 | Initially loaned to the French Navy July-1946 as Arromanches. Then purchased by them 1951. Paid off 1974. Scrapped at Toulon 1978. | ||
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71/R71 |
15-Jan-1945 | 1956 | Sold to Brazilian Navy as Minas Gerais, Dec-1956. Still in service 2004. | ||
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04/R81 |
17-Jan-1945 | 01-Apr-1948 | Sold to
the Royal Netherlands Navy. Commissioned as RNN Karel Doorman. Laid up in
1968 following a major engine fire. Sold to Armada Republica Argentina
1968 as 25 de Mayo. Became an enemy ship to the Royal Navy during the
Falklands War. Still in service on her 50th birthday. |
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D76/R76 |
08-Feb-1945 | 1954 | Completed as Aircraft Maintenance Carrier; scrapped Inverkeithing 1954. | ||
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62/R62 |
02-Apr-1945 | 1955 | Scrapped Inverkeithing 1961. | ||
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68/R68 |
08-Aug-1945 | 1958 | Scrapped Faslane 1962. | ||
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51/R51/A197 |
19-Oct-1945 | 1955 | Completed as Aircraft Maintenance Carrier; scrapped Port Glasgow 1958. | ||
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31/R31 |
24-Jan-1946 | 10-Dec-1958 | RCN
1946-1948. Sold to Argentine as Indepencia 10-Dec-1958. Laid up 1971, when replaced by 25 de Mayo (ex Venerable). |
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64/R64 |
09-Feb-1946 | Dec-1956 | Scrapped Inverkeithing 1962. | ||
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16/R16/ |
9-May-1946 | 1972 | Converted
to Heavy Repair Ship 1965. Scrapped Spain 1982. |
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This page last edited -
20 February, 2013.
Copyright © Ian M King, except where otherwise indicated. |
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