Career
Ordered:
Laid down:	12 December 1942
Launched:	20 May 1944
Commissioned:	14 March 1946
Decommissioned:
Fate:	Broken up
Struck:	from Argentinean Navy 1971
General Characteristics
Displacement:	18,300 tons
Length:	695 feet
Beam:	80 ft (24.4 m)
Draught:	23 ft (7.0 m)
Propulsion:	40,000 shp (30 MW)
Speed:	25 knots
Range:	12,000 nmiles at 14 knots
Complement:	1300 including air group
Armament:	24 x 2 pdr AA; 32 x 20mm
Aircraft:	48
Motto:

HMS Warrior (R31) (later CVL20) was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier, of the Royal Navy. Image File history File links HMCS_WARRIOR.jpg HMCS Warrior Royal Canadian Navy File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The White Ensign of the Royal Navy. ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... 20 May is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ... The Colossus class was a class of ten light aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy. ... An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...

She was built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast, and originally to be called Brave. Launched on May 20, 1944, she was immediately transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy on completion on January 24, 1946. She was returned to Britain in 1948 and took part in Operation Grapple, the first British Hydrogen bomb tests. She was sold to Argentina in 1958, and renamed Independencia. She was scrapped in 1971. Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries began as a shipyard located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is a city in the United Kingdom. ... 20 May is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) was the navy of Canada from 1911 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Armed Forces. ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Operation Grapple: Grapple X Valiant XD824 being bombed-up behind canvas screens Operation Grapple was a United Kingdom tri-service exercise leading to the detonation of the first British hydrogen bomb on May 15, 1957. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 lifted nuclear fallout some 18 km (60,000 feet) above the epicenter. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...

General Characteristics

• Displacement: 18,300 tons
• Length: 695 ft (212 m) overall
• Beam: 80 ft (24.4 m)
• Draft: 23 ft (7.0 m)
• Complement: 1,300
• Armour: None
• Armament: Six quad 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns, thirty-two 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon,
• Aircraft: 48
• Propulsion: Twin screw steam turbine. 40,000 shp (30 MW)
• Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h) maximum

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External link

• Maritimequest HMS Warrior photo gallery