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
RefitMajor refitair 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
AircraftAccident 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
AircraftAccident 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
AircraftAccident 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
Deployment departed Singapore for Hong Kong. Diverted en route for Persian Gulf.
1961-jul-09
Deployment
DeploymentOperation 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.
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
AircraftAccident Embarked 814 NAS lost Wessex HAS.1XM925/347-V when it ditched in the Gulf of Aden.
DeploymentSingapore departed Singapore for Far East deployment, returning HMNB Portsmouth summer 1965
1965-mar-15
Deployment
DeploymentExercise FOTEX 65Exercise FOTEX 65 Exercising off Singapore in multi-national Naval Force
1965-oct
Refit
RefitRefit 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 VisitVictoria Harbour Visit to Hong Kong until 4 Oct during East of Suez carrier deployment