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HMAS ''Sydney'' (R17/A214/P214/L134) was a ''Majestic''-class light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was built for the Royal Navy and launched as HMS ''Terrible'' (R93) in 1944, but was not completed before the end of World War II. The carrier was sold to Australia in 1947, completed, and commissioned into the RAN as ''Sydney'' in 1948. ''Sydney'' was the first of three conventional aircraft carriers to serve in the RAN, and operated as the navy's flagship during the early part of her career. From late 1951 to early 1952, she operated off the coast of Korea during the Korean War, making her the first carrier owned by a Commonwealth Dominion, and the only carrier in the RAN, to see wartime service. Retasked as a training vessel following the 1955 arrival of her modernised sister ship, , ''Sydney'' remained in service until 1958, when she was placed in reserve as surplus to requirements. The need for a sealift capability saw the ship modified for service as a fast troop transport, and recommissioned in 1962. ''Sydney'' was initially used for training and a single supply run in support of Malaysia's defence policy against Indonesia, but in 1965, she sailed on the first voyage to Vũng Tàu, transporting soldiers and equipment to serve in the Vietnam War. 25 voyages to Vietnam were made between 1965 and 1972, earning the ship the nickname "Vung Tau Ferry". ''Sydney'' was decommissioned in 1973, and was not replaced. Despite several plans to preserve all or part of the ship as a maritime museum, tourist attraction, or car park, the carrier was sold to a South Korean steel mill for scrapping in 1975. ==Design== (詳細は''Majestic''-class light fleet carriers; a modified version of the ''Colossus''-class carrier, incorporating improvements in flight deck design and habitability.〔 These two classes of carriers were intended to be 'disposable warships': they were to be operated during World War II and scrapped at the end of hostilities or within three years of entering service.〔Hobbs, in ''The Navy and the Nation'', p. 217〕 ''Sydney'' was the second ship of the class to enter service, following Canadian aircraft carrier .〔 The carrier had a standard displacement of 15,740 tons, and a deep displacement of 19,550 tons.〔Cassells, ''The Capital Ships'', pp. 164–5〕 Her length was between perpendiculars and at her longest point, with a beam of and a draught of .〔 ''Sydney'' was fitted with four Admiralty 3-drum boilers, which provided steam to Parsons single reduction geared turbines; these supplied to the two propeller shafts, and allowed the ship to reach .〔 The average size of the ship's company in peacetime was 1,100, but could be increased to 1,300 for wartime deployments.〔 Refitting the ship to serve as a transport reduced the standard displacement to 14,380 tons and the ship's company to a core of 544, which was supplemented by trainees and personnel from the Royal Australian Navy Reserve when required.〔Blackman (ed.), ''Jane's Fighting Ships (1968–69)'', p. 12〕〔 The Admiralty predicted that all ''Majestic''-class carriers would require upgrades to their aircraft lifts and arrester gear in the early 1950s, to operate the faster and heavier carrier aircraft under development.〔 Originally, the RAN wanted to upgrade ''Sydney'' to the same or similar standard as sister ship , after the second carrier was delivered.〔 The installation of an angled flight deck and mirror landing aid, would have allowed ''Sydney'' to operate modern jet aircraft.〔ANAM, ''Flying Stations'', p. 105〕 However, financial and manpower restrictions led to the cancellation of this program.〔Wright, ''Australian Carrier Decisions'', p. 160〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMAS Sydney (R17)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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