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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.
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 ...
HMS Victorious (CV, 38) HMS Eagle (CV, 94) sunk by torpedo from U-73; HMS Indomitable (CV, 92) damaged; HMS Furious (CV, 47) part of sub-operation BELLOWS; USN Invasion of Guadalcanal (7 August 1942) US Operation WATCHTOWER (aka "Operation Shoestring") USN Task Force 61 (Fletcher) USN Task Group 61.1 (Noyes) USN Task Unit 61.1.1 aka Task Force 11:
Operation EF (1941) (Raid on Kirkenes and Petsamo) took place on 30 July 1941, during the Second World War.After the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, Fleet Air Arm aircraft flew from the aircraft carriers HMS Victorious and Furious to attack merchant vessels in the northern Norwegian port of Kirkenes and the north Finnish port of ...
Spitfires were to be launched from HMS Furious while air cover for the entire convoy was provided by fighters from three carriers, HMS Eagle, HMS Victorious, and HMS Indomitable. Additional escort was provided by two battleships, seven cruisers, and 24 destroyers, forming the largest ever convoy to Malta.
Morison, Samuel E. (2001), History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: The Battle of the Atlantic, September 1939-May 1943, Volume 1 of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, University of Illinois Press, ISBN 978-0-252-06963-5; Riesenberg, Felix (1956), Sea War, Part 773, Rinehart
HMS King George V viewed from HMS Victorious during Operation Sportpalast. Due to the presence of the battle group at Trondheim, the Home Fleet was directed to provide a powerful distant covering force for the next Arctic convoys; this was the first time that this had been done. The British also stepped up their air patrols of the Trondheim ...
This left HMS Victorious as the only other candidate. In early 1951 the other two ships of the programme were HMS Implacable, followed by HMS Indefatigable, for modernisation, respectively, 1953–55 (to relieve HMS Eagle so that she could refit in 1956 with steam catapults) and 1954–57.