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| 1942-aug-07 | Ordered | Ordered | |||||||
| 1942-nov-16 | Laid down | Laid down  Swan Hunter (Wallsend) as Yard No. 1699 | |||||||
| 1944-feb-23 | Launched | Launched | |||||||
| 1945-jan-15 | Commissioned | Commissioned Decl letter A, then N (by 1946) , then Q | |||||||
| 1946-jan-16 | Refit | Refit HMAS Kuttabul short refit in Sydney Garden Island Dockyard, until Mar 1946 | |||||||
| 1947-jun | Port Visit | Port Visit visited Oslo. | |||||||
| 1949-jan | Trials | Trials Arctic trials until early Mar. Included 705 NAS Dragonfly WB220. | |||||||
| 1949-mar-08 | Refit | 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 | 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 | Refit HMD Portsmouth wear and tear repairs and work in preparation for transfer to RAN. | |||||||
| 1952-nov | Decommissioned | Decommissioned to RAN as HMAS Vengeance | |||||||
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| 1952-nov-13 | Commissioned | Commissioned HMD Devonport ex RN HMS Vengeance | |||||||
| 1953-jan-16 | Aircraft | 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 | 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 | Decommissioned returned to RN, until sold to Brazil on 13 Dec 1956. | |||||||
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| 1957-jun | Refit | Refit until Dec 1960 in Rotterdam (NL): reconstruction for Brazilian service | |||||||
| 1960-dec-06 | Commissioned | Commissioned ex RN HMS Vengeance (from reserve) | |||||||
| 1976 | Refit | Refit Service Life Extension Programme until 1981 | |||||||
| 2001-oct-16 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned | |||||||
| 2004-apr | Fate: scrapped | Fate: scrapped  Alang Breakers Yard towed to Alang, India and scrapped. | |||||||
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