Royal Canadian Navy - Aircraft Carrier

CVL 31  -  HMCS Warrior

ex R 31 - HMS Warrior

 

 

CVL-31 HMCS Warrior patch crest insignia badge

CVL-31 HMCS Warrior UK Collossus class aircraft carrier Royal Canadian Navy

Type, Class:

 

Royal Navy Colossus-class Light Aircraft Carrier

Builder:

 

Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

STATUS:

 

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

renamed to ARA Independencia (V-1); commissioned on July 8, 1959

finally decommissioned in 1970;

sold for scrap on March 17, 1971

Homeport:

 

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Namesake:

 

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Ship’s Motto:

 

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Technical Data:

(Measures, Propulsion,

Armament, Aviation, etc.)

 

General characteristics:

Lenght: 211,84 meters

Beam: 24,38 meters

Draft: 7 meters

Displacement: 18300 tons (full load)

Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h) max.

Range: 12000 NM (22000 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)

Crew: up to 1300

Propulsion: 4 x Admiralty 3 drum type 350psi boilers

                    2 x Parsons single reduction geared steam turbines; 40000 shp

                    2 shafts / 2 propellers

 

Armament (as built):

6 x quad QF 2-pounder AA

32 x 20mm AA

 

Aviation:

full flight deck; up to 48 aircraft

 

ship images

 

CVL-31 HMCS Warrior colossus class aircraft carrier harland & wolff belfast

 

CVL-21 HMCS Warrior Colossus class aircraft carrier Royal Canadian Navy

 

 

CVL-31 HMCS Warrior ex R-31 HMS Colossus class aircraft carrier royal canadian navy

HMS Warrior (R 31) in Royal Navy service

 

HMCS Warrior CVL-31 colossus class aircraft carrier ex R-31 royal canadian navy

HMS Warrior (R 31) in Royal Navy service

 

CVL-31 HMCS Warrior colossus class aircraft carrier harland and wolff belfast

HMS Warrior (R 31) in Royal Navy service

 

 

CVL-31 HMCS Warrior royal canadian navy aircraft carrier ARA Independencia V-1 colossus class

V-1 ARA Independencia

 

 

HMCS Warrior (CVL 31) (ex HMS Warrior / R 31):

 

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patches

 

CVL-31 HMCS Warrior patch crest insignia badge

 

 

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