HMS Victorious R38

Illustrious class - CV - Aircraft Carrier


IMO:
MMSI:
Flight Deck:	V
Call Sign:	GGLQ
Shipyard:	Vickers-Armstrong

Events

History of HMS Victorious R38

1937-jan-13	Ordered	Ordered
1937-may-04	Laid down	Laid down Yard No. 11
1939-sep-14	Launched	Launched
1941-may-15	Commissioned	Commissioned
1943-sep-27	Refit	Refit at Liverpool Gladstone Dock, until c Feb 1944
1945		deck letter P, then S.
1946		deck letter changed to G, until 1958
1950-oct-23	Refit	Refit Major refit air direction radar Type 984 until Dec 1957, major refit and modernisation to include an 8.75° angled flight deck, new radars and lengthened to 240m, two larger centreline lifts and first British carrier to be fitted with Jet Blast Deflectors (JBD), recommissioning on 14 Jan 1958
1957-nov	Aircraft	Aircraft until Jul 1958, 701 Squadron C Flight Dragonfly HR.3 embarked
1958-feb-05	Aircraft	Aircraft Accident Landing accident to 701 Sq C Flt Whirlwind XJ399, severed tail boom.
1958-jun-27	Port Visit	Port Visit To Le Havre
1958-aug	Aircraft	Aircraft until Feb 1959, Whirlwind HAS.7 of 824 Squadron allocated and embarked on 24 Sep alongside at Portsmouth. Deck letter now V
1958-sep-24	Aircraft	Aircraft Whirlwind HAS.7 of 824 NAS embarked, whilst alongside in HMNB Portsmouth
1958-sep-27	Aircraft	Aircraft Accident 824 NAS Whirlwind HAS.7 XL848 /336-V ditched off Portland
1958-oct	Aircraft	Aircraft while Whirlwind HAS.7 engine problems being were rectified, temporarily took on 2 Whirlwind HAR.3 from 848 NAS at Hal Far, as plane guards.
1958-nov-06	Aircraft	Aircraft Accident Whirlwind HAS.7 XL838/332-V /P of 824 NAS lost off Malta.
1959-feb	Aircraft	Aircraft 824 NAS Whirlwind HAS.7 grounded again and were transferred in late Feb to HMS Eagle in the Mediterranean, to return to the UK for further rectification
1959-mar	Refit	Refit Enhanced maintenance period for 2 months at HMD Portsmouth.
1959-apr	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned Dragonfly HR.5 WP495/967-V as SAR Flt, until c Dec 1959
1959-jun	Deployment	Deployment to US east coast for exercises with USN Jul-Aug 1959.
1960-mar	Refit	Refit until Aug 1960, at HMD Portsmouth
1960-aug	Aircraft	Aircraft until Apr 1961, Whirlwind HAS.7 of 825 Squadron assigned and embarked at least 7 airframes on 18 Sep.
1960-oct-18	Deployment	Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth and embarking 825 NAS Whirlwind HAS.7s, for 2 month Mediterranean work up, returning 19 Dec 1960
1960-nov-04	Port Visit	Port Visit Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta Grand Harbour to Grand Harbour, Malta until 15 Nov
1960-nov-25	Port Visit	Port Visit off Naples anchored in Bay of Naples, for visit. Departed 29 Nov.
1960-nov-30	Deployment	Deployment Exercise Royal Flush IV joint US-UK exercise in Western Mediterranean, including HMS Ark Royal, HMS Hermes, USS Independence, USS Intrepid and USS Saratoga.
1960-dec-03	Deployment	Deployment exercising in Mediterranean with HMS Ark Royal and HMS Hermes
1961-jan-20	Deployment	Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth for 11 month Far East deployment, returning 19 Dec 1961
1961-feb-01	Deployment	Deployment departed Gibraltar for Cape Town, in company with HMS Blackpool (F77) and RFA Tidereach (A96)
1961-mar	Deployment	Deployment relieved HMS Hermes of Far East duty, towards end of the month
1961-may-08	Aircraft	Aircraft Sembawang naval base disembarked 825 NAS to Sembawang, and subsequently transferred to HMS Bulwark.
1961-may-09	Refit	Refit Sembawang naval base Refit Short refit at Singapore, until mid Jun 1961
1961-jun-26	Deployment	Deployment departed Singapore for Hong Kong. Diverted en route for Persian Gulf.
1961-jul-09	Deployment	Deployment Operation Vantage Ordered off Kuwait from Far East duty on 29 Jun to join HMS Bulwark during a period of international tension and arrived 9 Jul. Relieved by HMS Centaur on 31 Jul.
1961-sep-02	Deployment	Deployment Aden Harbour Aden departed Aden for Singapore, in company with HMS Yarmouth, RFA Olna (A216) and RFA Reliant, arriving 15 Sep
1961-nov-22	Deployment	Deployment Lamu Mombasa Flood Relief Operations Assigned to assist in Kenyan flood relief
1961-dec	Aircraft	Aircraft during Dec 1961 Wessex HAS.1 of 815 Squadron embarked
1962-feb-05	Deployment	Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth for 2 month South Western Approaches and Mediterranean deployment, returning 2 Apr
1962-apr	Refit	Refit HMD Portsmouth Buccaneer refit in HMD Portsmouth for flight deck strengthening and projector landing sight installation, until c May 1963
1963-jul	Aircraft	Aircraft until Aug 1963, Wessex HAS.1 of 819 Squadron embarked
1963-aug	Aircraft	Aircraft until Jun 1967 Wessex HAS.1 of 814 Squadron embarked
1963-aug-14	Deployment	Deployment departed HMNB Portsmouth for 10 month Indian Ocean and Far East deployment, relieving HMS Hermes en route, completing at Singapore on 12 Jun 1964.
1963-sep-10	Aircraft	Aircraft Accident Embarked 814 NAS lost Wessex HAS.1 XM925/347-V when it ditched in the Gulf of Aden.
1964-jan-29	Deployment	Deployment Dar-es-Salaam Harbour East African Mutinies with 814 NAS embarked, relieved HMS Centaur off Dar es Salaam.
1964-may	Port Visit	Port Visit Yokosuka Naval Base port visit as prelude to exercising with USS Kitty Hawk.
1964-jun	Refit	Refit Sembawang naval base refit at King George VI Dock, Singapore until c Aug.
1964-aug	Deployment	Deployment Singapore departed Singapore for Far East deployment, returning HMNB Portsmouth summer 1965
1965-mar-15	Deployment	Deployment Exercise FOTEX 65 Exercise FOTEX 65 Exercising off Singapore in multi-national Naval Force
1965-oct	Refit	Refit Refit at HMNB Portsmouth, until spring 1966
1966-jul-08	Deployment	Deployment After re-commissioning on 7 Apr and work up, HMS Victorious sailed from HMNB Portsmouth to relieve HMS Eagle as East of Suez Carrier. Wessex of 814 NAS embarked. Arrived Singapore 8 Aug 1966 and eventually departed to UK 4 May 1967, being relieved by HMS Hermes, for Victorious to return to Portsmouth on 20 Jun 1967.
1966-sep-23	Port Visit	Port Visit Victoria Harbour Visit to Hong Kong until 4 Oct during East of Suez carrier deployment
1966-oct-07	Aircraft	Aircraft Subic Bay Harbour Accident Embarked 814 NAS lost Wessex HAS.1 XM928/277-V in the sea off the Philippines.
1966-oct-29	Port Visit	Port Visit HMAS Kuttabul Sydney Visit to Sydney, Australia until 11 Nov during East of Suez carrier deployment
1967-feb-21	Aircraft	Aircraft Accident 814 NAS Wessex HAS.1 XP159/270-V damaged near Kuala Lumpur during landing in a clearing.
1967-may	Deployment	Deployment passage from Far East to Aden in support of Civil Power.
1967-jun	Deployment	Deployment assigned to Western Task Force off Cyprus, guarding interests during Middle East Six Day War
1967-jun-19	Aircraft	Aircraft 814 Sq disembarked its Wessex HAS.1, prior to re-equipping with Wessex HAS.3
1967-oct	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned Wessex HAS.1 XM326 / 266-V as Victorious SAR Flt until c Mar 1968
1968-mar-13	Decommissioned	Decommissioned
1969-jul	Fate: scrapped	Fate: scrapped Breakers Yard scrapped at Faslane