The ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2) was an aircraft carrier in the Armada Republica Argentina from 1969 to 1999. The English translation the name is the Twenty-fifth of May which is the May Revolution Day holiday of Argentina. An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ... Argentine Navy Jack The Armada Republica Argentina (ARA) is the navy of Argentina. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... La Revolución de Mayo (the May Revolution) was the first attempt at independence in the Viceroyalty of the River Plate, which contains present-day Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. ...

The ship was built by Cammel Laird in Birkenhead, England during World War II for the Royal Navy. As a Colossus class aircraft carrier, she was named HMS Venerable and saw service in the British Pacific Fleet. However Venerable only served 3 years in the Royal Navy before being sold to the Dutch as HNLMS Karel Doorman. Cammell Laird, one of the most famous names in British ship-building during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, came about following the merger of Laird, Son & Co. ... Map sources for Birkenhead at grid reference SJ3088 Birkenhead is a town on The Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, on the left bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services being the oldest of its three branches. ... The Colossus class was a class of ten light aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy. ... HMS Venerable (R63) was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. ... The British Pacific Fleet (BPF) was a multinational Allied force which saw action against Japan during World War II. The fleet was formed on December 10, 1944, in Sydney, Australia. ... HMS Venerable (R63) was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. ...

After a boiler room fire, the Dutch sold the carrier to the Argentine fleet. The Argentinians already operated a carrier, the ARA Independencia, also a former Royal Navy ship. After Independencia was decommissioned in 1970, the Veinticinco de Mayo was the sole remaining carrier in the Argentine fleet and could carry up to 24 aircraft. HMS Warrior (R31) (later CVL20) was a Colossus_class aircraft carrier, of the Royal Navy. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

The air group starts with F9F Panthers and F9F Cougars jets later replaced with A-4Q Skyhawks supported by S-2 Tracker anti-submarine warfare aircraft and Sikorsky Sea King helicopters. The Grumman F9F Panther was the manufacturers first jet fighter and the US Navys second. ... F9F Cougar The Grumman F9F Cougar (redesignated the F-9 Cougar in the 1962 joint service aircraft designation system) was a aircraft carrier-based fighter aircraft for the United States Navy. ... A-4M Skyhawk The A-4 Skyhawk is an attack aircraft originally designed to operate from United States Navy aircraft carriers. ... The Grumman S-2 (formerly S2F) Tracker was the first US Navy anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft designed specifically for the purpose. ... Anti-submarine warfare is a term referring to warfare directed against submarines. ... For the original Viking use of the name, see Sea-King. ...

During the Falklands War, the Veinticinco de Mayo was deployed in a task force north of the Falkland Islands, with the ARA General Belgrano to the south. The British had assigned the HMS Spartan, a nuclear powered submarine, to track down the Veinticinco de Mayo and sink her if necessary. The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas), was an effective state of war in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands (also known in Spanish as the Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. ... The Belgrano as she was in 1941 as the USS Phoenix passing Battleship row at Pearl Harbor The ARA General Belgrano was an Armada República Argentina cruiser sunk, with significant loss of life, in a controversial incident during the Falklands War. ... HMS Spartan (S105) is a nuclear powered submarine of the Royal Navy Swiftsure class. ...

After hostilities broke out on May 1, 1982, the Argentine carrier attempted to launch a wave of Skyhawk jets against the Royal Navy Task Force. May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A task force or task group is a temporary organization formed to work on a single defined task or activity. ...

However, in what was to be the first (and to date, only) battle between aircraft carriers since WWII, poor winds prevented the heavily loaded jets from being launched and after the HMS Conqueror sank the General Belgrano, the Veinticinco de Mayo returned to port, lest it too be sunk. The Spartan never tracked down the carrier. German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... HMS Conqueror was a Churchill-class nuclear-powered submarine that served in the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1990. ...

Her A-4Q Skyhawks flew the rest of the war from naval airbase Rio Grande in Tierra del Fuego and had some success against the Royal Navy, sinking HMS Ardent, although three Skyhawks were shot down by Sea Harriers. Rio Grande in Tierra del Fuego Río Grande is a town in Argentina, on the northern part of the island of Tierra del Fuego in the. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services being the oldest of its three branches. ... HMS Ardent (F184) was a Royal Navy type 21 frigate. ... See also Hawker Siddeley Harrier The BAE SYSTEMS Harrier FA2 is the latest development of the Sea Harrier fighter/attack aircraft which entered service with the Royal Navy in April 1980. ...

In 1983, the Veinticinco de Mayo was modified to carry the new Dassault Super Étendard jets, but soon after problems in her engines largely confined her to port; she was deemed more or less unseaworthy. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Dassault Super Étendard is a French carrier-borne strike fighter in service with the French and Argentine Navy. ...

The Argentine Navy could not procure the funds for a modernization and finally in 2000, she was towed to India and is now believed to be scrapped. This article is about the year 2000. ...

See also

• List of aircraft carriers
• Veinticinco de Mayo cruiser, previous holder of the name Veinticinco de Mayo.

This is a list of aircraft carriers, past and present, in the worlds navies, as well as those planned or under construction. ... The ARA Veinticinco de Mayo was a cruiser which served in the Argentine Navy through World War II. The Veinticinco de Mayo was built in Italy and was the first ship of the Veinticinco de Mayo class of cruisers. ...

External links

• Historical Pictorial