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HMS ''Vengeance'' (R71) was a ''Colossus'' class light aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy during World War II. The carrier served in three navies during her career: the Royal Navy, the Royal Australian Navy (as HMAS ''Vengeance'', from 1952 to 1955), and the Brazilian Navy (as ''Minas Gerais'' (A 11), from 1956 to 2001). Constructed during World War II, ''Vengeance'' was one of the few ships in her class to be completed before the war's end, although she did not see any active service. The ship spent the next few years as an aircraft transport and training carrier before she was sent on an experimental cruise to learn how well ships and personnel could function in extreme Arctic conditions. In late 1952, ''Vengeance'' was loaned to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) as a replacement for the delayed aircraft carrier . She remained in Australian waters, operating as an aircraft carrier and training ship, for the majority of her three-year loan, and was returned to the Royal Navy (RN) in August 1955. Instead of returning to RN service, the carrier was sold in 1956 to Brazil, and entered service after major upgrades, which allowed the ship to operate jet aircraft. Renamed ''Minas Gerais'', the carrier remained in operation until 2001. Several attempts were made to sell the ship, including a listing on eBay, before she was sold for scrap and taken to Alang for breaking up. ==Design and construction== (詳細はSwan Hunter.〔Blackman (ed.), ''Jane's Fighting Ships (1968–69)'', p. 23〕 She was laid down on 16 November 1942, and launched on 23 February 1944.〔 Construction was completed on 15 January 1945, and ''Vengeance'' was commissioned into the RN.〔〔 The ''Colossus'' class 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〕 Despite this prediction, ''Vengeance'' had a service life of over 55 years. 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「HMS Vengeance (R71)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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