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| 1942-aug-7 | Ordered | | | |
| 1942-nov-16 | Laid down |  | Swan Hunter (Wallsend) as Yard No. 1699 | |
| 1944-feb-23 | Launched | | | |
| 1945-jan-15 | Commissioned | | Decl letter A, then N (by 1946) , then Q | |
| 1946-jan-16 | Refit | |  HMAS Kuttabul short refit in Sydney Garden Island Dockyard, until Mar 1946 | |
| 1947-jun | Port Visit | | visited Oslo. | |
| 1949-jan | Trials | | Arctic trials until early Mar. Included 705 NAS Dragonfly WB220. | |
| 1949-mar-8 | 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 | |  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 | | HMD Portsmouth wear and tear repairs and work in preparation for transfer to RAN. | |
| 1952-nov | Decommissioned | | to RAN as HMAS Vengeance | |
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| 1952-nov-13 | Commissioned | | HMD Devonport ex RN HMS Vengeance | |
| 1953-jan-16 | 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 | | departed Sydney for return to UK. Her Ships Company would take over HMAS Melbourne after hand-over in the UK. | |
| 1955-aug-13 | Decommissioned | | returned to RN, until sold to Brazil on 13 Dec 1956. | |
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Swan Hunter (Wallsend), Wallsend 
