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ARA Independencia

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INDEPENDENCIA

Details

Construction Data	Infos	Source
Name	(1942) Brave (British Navy) (1942) Warrior (British Navy) (1958) Independencia (Argentinian Navy)
Pennant No	V.1
Type	aircraft carrier (portaviones)
Class	Colossus class
Shipyard (Yd No.)	Harland & Wolff, Govan
Designer
Ordered
Laid down	12-December-1942
Launched	20-May-1944
Completed	January-1946
Commissioned	6-August-1958
End	1970

Technical data

		Sources
Displacement	14000 ts std; 19540 ts full
Dimensions	211.80x24.40x6.10/7.16 m; flight deck 207.30x22.90 (5°angle), hangar 135.60x15.80 m
Propulsion	2 screws; Parsons 2 geared turbines; 4 Admiralty boilers, 40000HP,24.25 kts. 3048 ts oil; 12000 miles/14kts.
Armament	12x40AA,1 catapult, 21 aircrafts, 1 helicopter (1959)8×40AA,1 catapult, 21 aircrafts, 1 helicopter (196.)20 aircrafts (6 Trackers, 14 T-28s)
Sensors	AA radar 277Q, 293Q
Protection
Crew	1075

Service

Date	Event	Source
1942	ordered as 'Brave' for the British Navy
1942	renamed 'Warrior
12-December-1942	laid down
20-May-1944	launched
January-1946	completed, pennant no. R31
March-1946	transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy
November-1948	returned to the British Navy
July-1958	sold to Argentina
6-August-1958	renamed 'Independencia' V.1
8-July-1959	commissioned
1969 or 1970	decommissioned	2 1
17-March-1971	stricken

Commanders

Date	Name	Source

Sources

1. Internet

2. Historical Handbook of World Navies

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