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Canada – Royal
Canadian Navy / Marine Canadienne
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Aircraft Carrier
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R 31 / CVL 31 -
HMCS Warrior
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HMCS Warrior (CVL 31)
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DND photo
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Type,
Class:
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Royal Navy Collossus-Class
Light Fleet Carrier |
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Builder:
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Harland & Wolff Ltd.; Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K.
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STATUS:
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Laid down: December 12, 1942 Launched: May 20, 1944 Commissioned:
January 24, 1946 (Royal Navy); March 14, 1946 (Royal Canadian Navy); commissioned in RN again:
November 1948; Decommissioned: March 23, 1948 (Royal Canadian Navy);
February 1958 (Royal Navy); Fate: sold to Argentina on July 4, 1958;
commissioned as ‘Independencia’ on July 8, 1959; finally decommissioned in
1970; sold for scrap on March 17, 1971; |
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Homeport:
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Crest
Motto:
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Displacement:
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18300 tons (full load)
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Length:
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211,84 meters
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Beam:
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24,38 meters
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Draft:
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7,01 meters
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Propulsion:
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4 Admiralty
3 drum type 350psi boilers; |
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Speed:
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approx. 25 knots, max.
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Crew:
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1300
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Armament:
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6 quad 2-pounder AA; 32 20mm AA or 21 40mm AA; |
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Aviation :
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211,84 meters flight deck; up to 48 aircraft;
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Pictures,
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HMS Warrior in Royal Navy service |
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Information & History … |
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Warrior was built by Harland
and Wolff, Belfast, and originally to be called Brave. Launched on May 20,
1944, she was immediately transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy on
completion on January 24, 1946. She was returned to Britain on 23 March 1948
and took part in Operation Grapple, the first British Hydrogen bomb tests. Service with
the Royal Navy as a carrier was shortlived, being put in reserve in September
1949, but Warrior was soon recommissioned as a transport for troops and
aircraft to support British forces in the Korean War from June 1950. The ship
underwent refit during most of 1952 and 1953 at Devonport Dockyard, and after
a brief return to srvice was again put in for refit on 14 December 1954. This
time Warrior recieved a very slightly angled flight deck for trials.
Considered obsolete by the late 1950s, the Royal Navy decommissioned Warrior
in February 1958 and offered it for sale. She was sold to Argentina in
1958, and renamed ARA Independencia (V-1). Argentine Naval Aviation began air
operations from Independencia in June 1959 even before the vessel was
officially commissioned into the Navy Fleet. F4U Corsair, SNJ-5Cs Texan and
Grumman S2F-1 (S-2A) Trackers form the air group in those years. The navy inventory also
included F9F Panther and F9F Cougar jets but the Independencia was not
suitable for operating them. They were embarked during their delivery voyage
from the United States to Argentina. After the arrival of the
Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2) in 1969, she passed to the reserve and then in 1971
was scrapped. |
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Decommissioned and returned
to RN 23 March 1948; commissioned in RN 11/1948, primarily as a trials
carrier. Fitted for rubberized flight deck trials 1948-1949. Decommissioned to
reserve 9/1949 but returned to service 6/1950 as a troop transport to Korea.
Refit at Devonport Dockyard 3/1952 to 8 Sept 1953. Major refit 14 Dec 1954 to
21 Aug 1956 included fitting of a minimal angled deck for trials purposes. Decommissioned 2/1958,
offered for sale 3/1958, sold to Argentina 4 July 1958. Renamed Independencia
24 July 1958, transferred 4 November 1958, commissioned 8 July 1959. Assigned
designation V1 was not carried. Decommissioned to reserve 1970, having been
replaced by ex-HMS Venerable. Sold 17 March 1971 and subsequently scrapped. |
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