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| 1942-oct-24 | | | Laid down | | | | as HMS Audacious | |
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| 1946-mar-19 | | | Launched | | | | as HMS Eagle | |
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| 1952-mar-1 | | | Commissioned | | | | Deck id J until 1957, then E | |
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| 1954 | | | Refit | | | | until 1955 to be fitted with 5.5 degree angled flight deck | |
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| 1955-aug | | | Aircraft | | | | until Sep 1955, Whirlwind HAS.22 of 845 NAS embarked. | |
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| 1955-sep | | | Aircraft | | | | until c Dec 1955, Dragonfly VX597/902-J assigned to SAR Flt | |
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| 1956-nov-1 | | | Deployment | | |  | Nile Delta Port Said  Operation Musketeer Participated in Suez Canal fixed wing operations. | |
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| 1956-nov-6 | | | Aircraft | | | | while returning to HMS Theseus, 845 NAS Whirlwind HAR.3 XJ400/Z ran out of fuel and ditched off Port Said during Operation Musketeer. | |
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| 1957-oct | | | Aircraft | | | | until Sep 1958, Dragonfly of 701 NAS A Flight embarked | |
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| 1958-may | | | Aircraft | | | | 6 Whirlwind HAS.7 of 820 NAS embarked, until Jun 1958 | |
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| 1959 | | | Refit | | | | Major Refit until May 1964, major refit to have flight deck angle increased to 8.5 degrees, 2 new steam catapults, a Type 984 radar installed and her guns replaced with 6 (not 4) Seacat missiles. 1st Carrier to fire a Seacat in 1964. | |
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| 1959-feb | | | Aircraft | | | | until Mar 1959, Whirlwind HAS.7 of 824 NAS embarked. | |
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| 1960-may | | | Aircraft | | | | until Jun 1960, Whirlwind HAS.7 of 820 NAS embarked. | |
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| 1964-oct-1 | | | Port Visit | | | | visit to Brest for 3 days during autumn work up, departing 3 Oct | |
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| 1964-dec | | | Aircraft | | | | until Oct 1968, Wessex HAS.1 of 820 NAS embarked. | |
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| 1964-dec-1 | | | Deployment | | | | departed HMNB Devonport for 6 month Far East deployment, returning 24 May 1965. | |
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| 1965-mar-24 | | | Aircraft | | | | 40nm NW of Pulau Pinang Ditched 820 NAS Wessex HAS.1 XS123/291-E ditched and sank in the Malacca Strait, while operating from HMS Eagle | |
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| 1965-mar-25 | | | Aircraft | | | | 25nm W Pangkor Wreck recovery recovered wreck of 820 NAS Wessex HAS.1 XS121/295-E after ditching in the Malacca Strait. | |
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| 1965-aug-24 | | | Deployment | | | | departed HMNB Devonport for 13 month Far East deployment, returning Sep 1966. | |
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| 1966 | | | Refit | | | | until Aug 1967, added a waist catapult suitable for the F-4 Phantom (which never happened operationally, although 3 weeks trials were held c Jun 1969) and full squadron helicopter operations | |
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| 1966-mar-15 | | | Deployment | | | | Mozambique Channel Beira Beira Patrol Beira Patrol, off Moazmbique to enforce UN sanctions against Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Relieved HMS Ark Royal. | |
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| 1967-aug-15 | | | Deployment | | | | departed HMNB Devonport for 10 month Indian Ocean and Far East deployment, returning 18 Jun 1968 | |
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| 1967-nov | | | Deployment | | | | until late Nov 1967, part of Task Force 318 to cover the British withdrawal from Aden during Operation Magister. | |
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| 1968-may-31 | | | Port Visit | | | | 4 day visit to Cape Town, departed on 4 Jun | |
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| 1968-sep | | | Port Visit | | | | docked at Leith for 4 day visit to Edinburgh | |
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| 1968-oct | | | Refit | | | | at HMD Devonport, Plymouth, completed around Feb 1969. | |
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| 1969-apr | | | Aircraft | | | | until Jun 1970, Wessex HAS.3 of 826 NAS embarked. | |
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| 1969-jun-16 | | | Deployment | | | | departed HMNB Devonport for one month deployment to North Atlantic and eastern USA, returning 20 Jul. | |
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| 1969-sep-4 | | | Deployment | | | | departed HMNB Devonport for 3 month Mediterranean deployment, returning on 5 Dec. | |
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| 1969-sep-9 | | | Aircraft | | | | Celtic Sea Wessex ditched lost 826 NAS Wessex HAS.3 XS126/142-E, c 48nm SW of Skomer | |
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| 1969-oct-31 | | | Port Visit | | | |  Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valetta fortnight maintenance period in Malta until 13 Nov | |
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| 1969-nov-25 | | | Aircraft | | | | lost 826 NAS Wessex HAS.3 XP153/143-E off Portugal, while operating from RFA Olmeda. | |
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| 1970-jan-12 | | | Deployment | | | | departed HMNB Devonport for 2 month Home Waters and W Mediterranean deployment, including 3 weeks Harrier trials, returning 25 Mar. | |
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| 1970-feb-27 | | | Port Visit | | | | visited Liverpool, until 4 Mar. | |
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| 1970-jun | | | Aircraft | | | | until Jan 1972, Sea King HAS.1 of 826 NAS embarked. | |
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| 1971-oct-31 | | | Deployment | | | | departed Singapore for the last time, ending the permanent Royal Navy presence in the Far East | |
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| 1972-jan-26 | | | Decommissioned | | | | | |
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| 1978-oct | | | Fate: scrapped | | | | Cairnryan, Dumfries Breakers Yard towed from HMD Devonport to Cairnryan, Scotland. | |
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