1940 to 1954 |
| Flight Deck: | Y | | Call Sign: | GGJD | | | See Also: | CVS Invincible class R06 |
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| | | | | 1937-jan-13 | Ordered | | | | | 1937-apr-27 | Laid down | | Yard no. 732 | | | 1939-sep-5 | Launched | | | | | 1940-may-25 | Commissioned | | joined the Fleet in Sep 1940 | | | 1940-nov-11 | Deployment | | launched Swordfish of 815 and 819 NAS in the torpedo attack on the Italian Fleet at Taranto, aka Operation Judgement. | | | 1945-jun-27 | Refit | | in UK, until Jun 1946 | | | 1953-apr-24 | Aircraft | | Accident assigned Dragonfly HR.3 WH991 as SAR flt. Damaged 1 May and returned to Westland for repair. | | | 1953-may | Aircraft | | assigned Dragonfly HR.3 WN499 as SAR flt. | | | 1953-jun-15 | Deployment | |  Fleet Review: Coronation Review of the Fleet as part of the Home Fleet - Plymouth | | | 1954-dec | Decommissioned | | | | | 1956-nov-3 | Fate: scrapped | | to Faslane, for scrapping | | |
   
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