HMS Vengeance (R71)

HMS Vengeance was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier light aircraft carrier in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number R71. Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom laid her keel on 16 November 1942. She entered service in 1945, having been launched on 23 February 1944.

Seven ships of the class were built. The Centaur-class aircraft carrier followed.

Displacement was 13,190 long tons standard and 18,040 long tons at full load. She measured 211.8 m (695 ft) long with a beam of 24.4 m (80 ft). Her designed speed was 24.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 1,076. Her main battery was of 40 mm (1.6 in) calibre.

She carried 30 aircraft.

She served with the Royal Navy as Vengeance until 1952. She then passed to the Royal Australian Navy, serving as Vengeance from 13 November 1952. She then passed to the Brazilian Navy, serving as Minas Gerais from 6 December 1960. She was in commission for 244 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in 1952.

She was broken up for scrap in 2004.

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