Colossus class - CV - Aircraft Carrier IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: D Call Sign: Events ---Filter---CommissionedDecommissionedFate: transferedPort VisitRefit History of HMS Venerable R63 1942-dec-03Laid downLaid down Yard No. V.1126 1943-dec-30LaunchedLaunched Cammell Laird Birkenhead 1945-jan-17CommissionedCommissioned Deck letter B, then N, T in 1946), then V 1948DecommissionedDecommissioned to Royal Netherlands Navy as HMNLS Karel Doorman History of Hr. Ms. Karel Doorman R81 1948-may-28CommissionedCommissioned ex RN HMS Venerable 1955RefitRefit until 1958 with angled flight deck, mirror landing sight and new radar 1962-mar-27Port VisitPort Visit NS Norfolk 27mar to 2apr 1962-apr-18 Den Helder Marinehaven (naval base) arrived 1968-jan-23 Den Helder Marinehaven (naval base) departure 1968-feb-09Port VisitPort Visit Las Palmas harbour 9-12 feb 1968-mar-15 Den Helder Marinehaven (naval base) arrived 1968-apr-29DecommissionedDecommissioned 1968-oct-15Fate: transferedFate: transfered to Argentina as ARA Veinticinco de Mayo History of ARA Veinticinco de Mayo V2 1968-oct-15CommissionedCommissioned ex HMNLS Karel Doorman 1997DecommissionedDecommissioned 2000Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped sold for scrap to India Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event
Cammell Laird Birkenhead 
NS Norfolk 27mar to 2apr
Las Palmas harbour 9-12 feb