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HMS Victorious was the third Illustrious-class aircraft carrier after Illustrious and Formidable. Ordered under the 1936 Naval Programme, she was laid down at the Vickers-Armstrong shipyard at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1937 and launched two years later in 1939.
Those carriers were HMS Argus, HMS Illustrious, HMS Ark Royal, HMS Victorious, and HMS Eagle, HMS Furious, and USS Wasp. Eagle alone made nine such ferrying trips, sending 183 Spitfires to the island. [197] The Ark Royal and Eagle were sunk in the Mediterranean during this period.
This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.
Liberty ship: Cargo Ship [59] SS John W. Brown: United States Maryland: Baltimore: United States: 1942 Liberty ship: Cargo Ship [60] SS Lane Victory: United States California: San Pedro: United States: 1945 Victory Ship: Cargo Ship: U.S. Merchant Marine [61] SS Red Oak Victory: United States California: Richmond: United States: 1944 Victory ...
HMS Victorious (1895) was a Majestic-class battleship. She had a quiet career, spending World War I as a dockyard repair ship before being broken up in 1923. HMS Victorious (R38), an Illustrious-class aircraft carrier, launched in 1939. She saw much action in World War II. She was scrapped in 1969. HMS Victorious (S29), launched in 1993, is a ...
The Eastern Fleet was a World War II formation of the British Royal Navy.It was formed from the ships and installations of the East Indies Station and the China Station (which are included in this list), with headquarters at Singapore, moving between Trincomalee and Kilindini after the Japanese advances in south east Asia made Singapore untenable as a naval base.
World War II aircraft carriers of the United States (2 C, 55 P) World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States (2 C, 1,125 P) World War II auxiliary ships of the United States (15 C, 1,107 P)
Victorious was 421 feet (128 m) long overall and had a beam of 75 ft (23 m) and a draft of 27 ft (8.2 m). She displaced up to 16,060 long tons (16,320 t) at full load.Her propulsion system consisted of two 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines powered by eight coal-fired, cylindrical fire-tube Scotch marine boilers.