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The carrier had a regular flight deck 211 m Ă— 24.5 m (692 ft 3 in Ă— 80 ft 5 in), catapult at the bow of the ship, two lifts (13.72 m x 10.36 m wide), and a hangar (104.24 Ă— 15.85 m wide) fitted (in 1964) to accommodate 13 TBMs, 2 HUP-2s or 15 F4Us and 2 HUP-2.
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also still had a 293 as her target indicator. Still for air scanning only she had the 79B, but she also gained later that year a YE and for navigation a DRBN-30. In 1959 she was down-graded and only had a YE in her possession left. That year she gained new scanning equipment. She had a DRBV-22 for
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class was designed to meet the Royal Navy's wartime need for more carriers as cheaply as possible. They were built to mercantile standards, with no armour, no heavy AA guns, and only 25 kn (46 km/h) speed.
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air scanning and for surface scanning and navigation a new DRBV-31. And finally in 1972 she was fully downgraded and had her YE removed, but kept her DRBV-22 and DRBV-31 for air, surface, and navigation.
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In French service, she carried 42 officers, 145 petty officers, and 516 sailors in peacetime. Her war complement was 60 officers, 171 petty officers, and 613 sailors.
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was reconstructed with a four-degree angled flight deck, a mirror landing sight and with other modifications for
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of light carriers. She was commissioned in 1944, but did not see any action in World War II. She served with the
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for three months. She returned to France in 1949. In 1951, France purchased the ship. She was again deployed to
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ASW aircraft. She was also equipped for training operations. In 1959 she returned once again to the
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on 1 December 1944, being completed and handed over to the Royal Navy on 16 December 1944.
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transported released Dutch prisoners of war to Colombo. From 17 January to 26 March 1946,
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During her time in military service she had twenty-four Vickers-Armstrongs
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Steam Turbines (4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared turbines)
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1944 Colossus-class aircraft carrier of the Royal and French navies
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Only under flag of the French Navy, her Air control callsign was "
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was decommissioned on 22 January 1974, and in 1978 broken up at
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also headed a task force to occupy Shanghai, together with the
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in 1945–46, as an aircraft transport and repatriation ship.
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During her service with France before 1968 she carried the
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Archived from 894:in 1793, and the last in 1978. 793:French commune of the same name 407:1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier 371:In 1946, she was loaned to the 357:. She was the name-ship of the 219:Scrapped in Toulon, France 1978 1129: 1067: 938:Aircraft Carriers of the World 762: 704:11th Aircraft Carrier Squadron 615:Morane-Saulnier MS-500 Criquet 1: 1015:. A.C. Walton. Archived from 909: 755:was refitted and repaired at 653: 524:Ordnance QF 3-pounder Vickers 131:Loaned to French Navy in 1946 818:was deployed to the eastern 642:personnel in the air group. 7: 1264:. Nantes: Marines Ă©dition. 982:"French Navy – Arromanches" 897: 529: 494: 489: 10: 2031: 629: 621:Aeronautical installations 575:Supermarine Seafire Mk III 404: 45:in the Mediterranean, 1961 18: 1963: 1937: 1898: 1844: 1795: 1728: 1714: 1675: 1640: 1612: 1577: 1549: 1500: 1409: 1395: 1139:. Cofepow. 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HMS Colossus

Colossus
Vickers-Armstrongs
High Walker
Arromanches-les-Bains
Pennant number
International signal
Colossus-class
aircraft carrier
aircraft carrier
French Navy
Royal Navy
Colossus class
British Pacific Fleet
French Navy
First Indochina War
Suez Crisis
anti-submarine warfare
1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier
Admiralty
laid down
Vickers-Armstrongs
High Walker
Yard number
launched
commissioned
air scanning
air and surface scanning
target indicator

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