Class | Colossus | Ocean | Colossus (AVT) |
Type | Light Carrier | Light Carrier | Aircraft Landing Training Ship |
Year | 1944 | 1945 | 1945 |
Crew | 1300 | 1300 | 1076 |
Dimensions | |||
Length | 192.0 m (pp) 211.2 m | 192.0 m (pp) 211.2 m | 192.0 m (pp) 211.8 m |
Beam | 24.4 m | 24.4 m | 24.4 m |
Draught | 7.1 m | 7.1 m | 7.1 m |
Displacement | |||
Empty | 13,190-13,350 t | 13,190 t | 12,462 t |
Loaded | 18,040-18,300 t | 18,040 t | 16,800 t |
Performance | |||
Speed | 46 km/h | 46 km/h | 46 km/h |
Range | 22,224 km @ 26 km/h | 22,224 km @ 26 km/h | 22,224 km @ 26 km/h |
Machinery | |||
Shafts | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Turbines | 2 x Geared steam 40,000 hp Parsons | 2 x Geared steam 40,000 hp Parsons | 2 x Geared steam 40,000 hp Parsons |
Boilers | 4 x Admiralty | 4 x Admiralty | 4 x Admiralty |
Fuel | Oil: 3,196 t | Oil: 3,196 t | Oil: 3,196 t |
Armament | |||
Anti-Aircraft | 24 x 40-mm (6 x 4) QF 2-pdr Mk. VIII | 31 x 40-mm (6 x 4, 7 x 1) QF 2-pdr Mk. VIII | 24 x 40-mm (6 x 4) QF 2-pdr Mk. VIII 19 x 40-mm (19 x 1) QF Bofors |
Armor | |||
Armor | None | None | None |
Sensors | |||
Radar | Type 79B Type 281B Type 293 | SM-1 Type 293 | Type 262 |
Sonar | Type 144 | Type 144 | - |
Aircraft | |||
Aircraft | 37 | 32 | - |
Production | |||
Built | 7 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 8 |
Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
Colossus | 15 | Vickers-Armstrong | 01/06/1942 | 30/09/1943 | 16/12/1944 | 06/08/1946 | Transferred | ||
Glory | 62 | Harland & Wolff | 27/08/1942 | 27/11/1943 | 02/04/1945 | 06/1956 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Ocean | 68 | A. Stephens | 08/11/1942 | 08/07/1943 | 08/08/1945 | 05/12/1957 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Venerable | 04 | Cammell Laird | 03/12/1942 | 30/12/1943 | 17/01/1945 | 30/03/1947 | Transferred | ||
Vengeance | 71 | Swan Hunter | 16/11/1942 | 23/02/1944 | 15/01/1945 | 13/11/1952 | Transferred | ||
Pioneer | D76 | Vickers-Armstrong | 02/12/1942 | 20/05/1944 | 08/02/1945 | 17/02/1946 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Warrior | 31 | Harland & Wolff | 12/12/1942 | 20/05/1944 | 14/03/1946 | 02/1958 | Transferred | ||
Theseus | 64 | Fairfield | 06/01/1943 | 06/07/1944 | 09/02/1946 | 21/12/1956 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Triumph | 16 | Hawthorn Leslie | 27/01/1943 | 02/10/1944 | 09/05/1946 | 12/1975 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
Perseus | D51 | Vickers-Armstrong | 01/01/1943 | 26/03/1944 | 19/10/1945 | 1954 | Sold/Scrapped |
Ship | Code | Former | Code | Comm | Decomm | Fate | |||
Vengeance | R64 | Vengeance | 71 | 13/11/1952 | 25/10/1955 | Transferred | |||
Warrior | R31 | Warrior | 31 | 24/01/1946 | 23/03/1948 | Returned | |||
Arromanches | R95 | Colossus | 15 | 06/08/1946 | 05/09/1974 | Sold/Scrapped | |||
Karel Doorman | R81 | Venerable | 04 | 28/05/1948 | 29/04/1968 | Transferred | |||
Independencia | V1 | Warrior | R31 | 08/07/1959 | 1970 | Sold/Scrapped | |||
Veinticinco de Mayo | V2 | Karel Doorman | R81 | 12/03/1969 | 1990 | Sold/Scrapped | |||
Minas Gerais | A11 | Vengeance | R64 | 06/12/1960 | 16/10/2001 | Sold/Scrapped |