WARRIOR
Construction Data | Infos | Source |
Name | (1942)Brave (British Navy) (1942)Warrior (British Navy) (1946)Warrior (Canadian Navy) (1948)Warrior (British Navy) (1958)Independencia (Argentinian Navy) | |
Pennant number | W31 (....)J 31 | |
Type | aircraft carrier | |
Class | Warrior class | |
Shipyard (Yd No.) | Harland & Wolff | |
Designer | | |
Ordered | | |
Laid down | 12-December-1942 | |
Launched | 20-May-1944 | |
Completed | 24-January-1946 | |
Commissioned | | |
End | 1971 | |
| | Sources |
Displacement | 13350 ts std; 18300 ts full | |
Dimensions | 213.40 (oa); 211.41()×24.40/34.20×5.64/7.01 m landing deck 211.80x34.20 m; hangar 101.20x15.85 m | |
Propulsion | 2 screws; 2 Parsons turbines; 4 Admiralty boilers; 40000HP, 25 kts.; 3196 ts oil; 12000 miles/14kts.; 7350 miles/20 kts. | |
Armament | 24×40AA Vickers (6xIV),19×40pl Bofors, 34 aircrafts Seafire and Firefly; 2 lifts, 1 catapult | |
Sensors | radars 79, 281 | |
Protection | tpl 314 | |
Crew | 1300 | |
Date | Event | Source |
| ordered as 'Brave' for the British Navy | |
12-December 1942 | laid down as 'Warrior' | |
20-May-1944 | launched | |
24-January-1946 | completed | |
January-1946 | transferred to the Canadian Navy | |
23-March-1948 | returned to the British Navy | |
July-1958 | sold to Argentina, renamed 'Independencia' | |
January-1971 | stricken | |
17-March-1971 | arrived for breaking up | |
Sources
1. Internet
2. J.J. Colledge, B. Warlow, Ships of the Royal Navy, London 2006
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