Leviathan

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:

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MAGNIFICENT
Notes:
1. MAGNIFICENT is laid up upon her return from the RCN. M.D. Thomas Photo.
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LEVIATHAN
Notes:
1. LEVIATHAN laid up. M.D. Thomas Photo.
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