Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Apr 15, 1943 | as Colossus class hull |
| 1945 | construction suspended until 1949 |
| Feb 28, 1945 | as HMS Majestic |
| Aug 1955 | BAE Systems (Vickers) undergoing contractors inclining trials in the Buccleuch Dock at Vickers. |
| Oct 1955 | to Royal Australian Navy |