NAeL Minas Gerais A11

Colossus class - CV - Aircraft Carrier

Events

History of HMAS Vengeance R71

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.
History of NAeL Minas Gerais A11
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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