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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 12 Dec 1942 |
| Launched: | 20 May 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 14 March 1946 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Broken up |
| Struck: | from Argentinean Navy 1971 |
| General Characteristics |
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| Displacement: | 18,300 tons |
| Length: | 695 feet |
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| Speed: | 25 knots |
| Range: | 12,000 nmiles at 14 knots |
| Complement: | 1300 including air group |
| Armament: | 24 x 2 pdr AA; 32 x 20mm |
| Aircraft: | 48 |
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HMS Warrior (R31) (later CVL20) was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier, of the Royal Navy.
She 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 in 1948 and took part in Operation Grapple, the first British Hydrogen bomb tests. She was sold to Argentina in 1958Events January January 1 Treaty of Rome founding the EU is implemented January 4 Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on October 4 1957) January 8 14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship January 18 Armed Lumbee Nat, and renamed Independencia. She was scrapped in 19711971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). Events January January 1 British divorce Reform Act comes into force January 2 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match, Glasgow, Scotland. See Ibrox disaster. Janua.
General Characteristics
- Displacement: 18,300 tons
- Length: 695 ft (212 m) overall
- Beam: 80 ft (24.4 m)
- Draft: 23 ft (7.0 m)
- Complement: 1300
- Armour: None
- Armament: Six quad 2 pound (907 g) anti-aircraft guns, thirty-two 20 mm antiaricraft cannon, 48 aircraftThis article refers to the tool of travel. There is a separate article about the movie Airplane An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. Categories and clasification Aircraft fall into two broad categories: Heavier than air Heavier than a
- Propulsion: Twin screw stream turbine. 40,000 shpThe horsepower hp is the name of several non-metric units of power. In scientific discourse the horsepower is rarely used due to the various definitions and the existence of an SI unit for power, the watt (W). However, the idea of horsepower persists as a (30 MW)
- Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h) maximum
See HMS WarriorFour ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Warrior . The first Warrior was a third-rate ship of the line of 74 guns, launched in 1781, a receiving ship after 1818, and broken up 1857. The second Warrior was the first ironclad ocean-going armoured ba for other ships of this name.
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