HMS Vengeance (R71)
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.jpg/250px-HMAS_Vengeance_(AWM_044574).jpg) HMAS Vengeance in 1953 |
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| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Vengeance |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter |
| Laid down: | 16 November 1942 |
| Launched: | 23 February 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 15 January 1945 |
| Fate: | Loaned to Australia |
| Notes: | Pennant = R71 |
| Career (Australia) |  |
| Commissioned: | 13 November 1952 |
| Decommissioned: | 25 October 1955 |
| Renamed: | HMAS Vengeance |
| Fate: | Sold to Brazil |
| Career (Brazil) |  |
| Commissioned: | 6 December 1960 |
| Decommissioned: | 16 October 2001 |
| Renamed: | NAeL Minas Gerais |
| Fate: | Scrapped[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 13,190 tonnes (standard) 18,010 tonnes (full load) |
| Length: | 695 ft (212 m) |
| Beam: | 80 ft (24 m) |
| Draught: | 23 ft 6 in (7.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | Parsons turbines, twin screw |
| Speed: | 24 knots |
| Armament: | 12 x 40mm anti-aircraft guns 32 x 20mm anti-aircraft guns |
| Badge: |  |
HMS Vengeance was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy.
She was laid down on 16 November 1942 at Swan Hunter, launched 23 February 1944, and commissioned on 15 January 1945.
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[edit] Service history
Vengeance left for the Far East to reinforce the British Pacific Fleet. Immediately after the end of the Second World War, Vengeance was dispatched to Hong Kong to reoccupy the colony to prevent a coup de main by Chinese forces. Vengeance then joined the other Colossus-class ships in repatriating prisoners of war.
After returning to the UK, Vengeance served as flagship of the 3rd Aircraft Carrier Squadron for two years. The ship was loaned to the Royal Australian Navy on 13 November 1952. Vengeance's Australian service was uneventful, and the highlights of her service were escorting the Royal yacht SS Gothic and returning the aircraft of No. 77 Squadron RAAF from Japan. After three years of service in the southern hemisphere, Vengeance returned to the Royal Navy on 12 August 1955.
Vengeance was sold to Brazil on 14 December 1956. The ship was commissioned in the Brazilian fleet as NAeL Minas Gerais.
After being decommissioned, Vengeance was briefly put up for auction at eBay.com.[2] The auction was placed by an anonymous seller from Brazil, but was removed before the auction completed because eBay forbids the sale of military ordnance. She was ultimately taken to India and broken up for scrap.
[edit] References
- ^ Minas Gervais
- ^ For internet sale: aircraft carrier - only three owners The Telegraph 10 January 2004
[edit] See also
- List of aircraft carriers
- List of ship launches in 1944
- List of ship commissionings in 1945
- List of ship commissionings in 1952
- List of ship decommissionings in 1952
- List of ship decommissionings in 1955
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