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Light Carrier (1944)

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Colossus class

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Class	Colossus	Ocean	Colossus (AVT)
Type	Light Carrier	Light Carrier	Aircraft Landing Training Ship
Year	1944	1945	1945
Crew	1300	1300	1076
Dimensions
Length	630 ft (pp) 693 ft	630 ft (pp) 693 ft	630 ft (pp) 695 ft
Beam	80 ft	80 ft	80 ft
Draught	23 ft	23 ft	23 ft
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	25 kt	25 kt	25 kt
Range	12,000 nmi @ 14 kn	12,000 nmi @ 14 kn	12,000 nmi @ 14 kn
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 1.6-in (6 x 4) QF 2-pdr Mk. VIII	31 x 1.6-in (6 x 4, 7 x 1) QF 2-pdr Mk. VIII	24 x 1.6-in (6 x 4) QF 2-pdr Mk. VIII 19 x 1.6-in (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

Registry

	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

Transfers:

	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

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