HMAS Vengeance R71

Colossus class - CV - Aircraft Carrier

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History of HMS Vengeance R71

1942-aug-07	Ordered	Ordered
1942-nov-16	Laid down	Laid down Swan Hunter (Wallsend) as Yard No. 1699
1944-feb-23	Launched	Launched
1945-jan-15	Commissioned	Commissioned Decl letter A, then N (by 1946) , then Q
1946-jan-16	Refit	Refit HMAS Kuttabul short refit in Sydney Garden Island Dockyard, until Mar 1946
1947-jun	Port Visit	Port Visit visited Oslo.
1949-jan	Trials	Trials Arctic trials until early Mar. Included 705 NAS Dragonfly WB220.
1949-mar-08	Refit	Refit HMD Rosyth repairs at Rosyth until c Jun, to rectify flight deck cracks and other defects incurred during the Arctic trials.
1952-jan	Deployment	Deployment Sembawang naval base departed HMNB Portsmouth for Singapore as an aircraft ferry to re-inforce efforts for the Korean War. Returned Mar 1952.
1952-sep	Refit	Refit HMD Portsmouth wear and tear repairs and work in preparation for transfer to RAN.
1952-nov	Decommissioned	Decommissioned to RAN as HMAS Vengeance
History of HMAS Vengeance R71
1952-nov-13	Commissioned	Commissioned HMD Devonport ex RN HMS Vengeance
1953-jan-16	Aircraft	Aircraft took delivery of first 3 Sycamore HR.50 for the RAN in the English Channel (XA219, XA220 and XA221) and transported them to Oz, arriving early Mar.
1955-jun	Deployment	Deployment departed Sydney for return to UK. Her Ships Company would take over HMAS Melbourne after hand-over in the UK.
1955-aug-13	Decommissioned	Decommissioned returned to RN, until sold to Brazil on 13 Dec 1956.
History of NAeL Minas Gerais A11
1957-jun	Refit	Refit until Dec 1960 in Rotterdam (NL): reconstruction for Brazilian service
1960-dec-06	Commissioned	Commissioned ex RN HMS Vengeance (from reserve)
1976	Refit	Refit Service Life Extension Programme until 1981
2001-oct-16	Decommissioned	Decommissioned
2004-apr	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped Alang Breakers Yard towed to Alang, India and scrapped.