COLOSSUS & MAJESTIC classes  light fleet aircraft carriers

Light Fleet Carriers

Specifications Ship specifications varied wildly from ship to ship. See links below for more information. Ships: See links below for ship information from World Aircraft Carriers List: RN Light Fleet Carriers and the Canadian postwar fleet.   Name Pendant Commissioned Comments Fate COLOSSUS class COLOSSUS 15 / R61 1945 French ARROMANCHES 1946. Paid off 1974. Scrapped 1978. VENGEANCE R64 / 71 / R71 1945 HMAS VENGEANCE 1952. Brazilian MINAS GERAIS 1956.  Paid off 2001. VENERABLE 04 / R63 1945 Dutch KAREL DOORMAN 1948. Argentine VEINTICINCO  DE MAYO 1969. Paid off 1985 / 1997. Scrapped 1999. PIONEER D76 / R76 / A198 1945 ex MARS, ex-ETHALION. Scrapped 1954. GLORY 62 / R62 1945 Paid off 1956. Scrapped 1961. OCEAN 68 / R68 1945 Paid off 1957. Scrapped 1962. PERSEUS D51/51/R51/A197 1945 ex-EDGAR. Paid off 1954. Scrapped 1958. THESEUS 64 / R64 1946 Paid off 1956. Scrapped 1962. TRIUMPH 16 / R16 / A108 1946 Paid off 1975. Scrapped after 1981. WARRIOR R31 1946 HMCS WARRIOR 1946-1948. Argentine INDEPENDENCIA  1958. Paid off 1970. Scrapped after 1971. MAJESTIC class MAGNIFICENT 21 / RML21 / R36 1948 HMCS MAGNIFICENT 1948. Paid off RCN 1957. Scrapped after 1965. TERRIBLE 93 / R93 / A214 1948 HMAS SYDNEY 1958. Paid off 1973. Scrapped after 1975. MAJESTIC R77 / R21 1955 HMAS MELBOURNE 1955. Paid off 1982. Scrapped after 1994. POWERFUL 95 / R95 / CVL 22 1957 HMCS BONAVENTURE 1957. Paid off 1970. Scrapped 1971. HERCULES 49 / R49 / R11 1961 INS VIKRANT 1961. Paid off 1997. Museum in Bombay / Mumbai. LEVIATHAN 97 n/a Donated turbines and boilers to ex-VENERABLE. Scrapped 1968. Photos:  (click on thumbnail for bigger image)  MAGNIFICENT Notes: 1. MAGNIFICENT is laid up upon her return from the RCN. M.D. Thomas Photo. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 LEVIATHAN Notes: 1. LEVIATHAN laid up. M.D. Thomas Photo. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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