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HMAS Melbourne (II)
Aircraft * Originally ** 8 Sea Venom fighters ** 1 * Originally ** 8 Sea Venom fighters ** 16 Gannet anti-submarine aircraft ** up to 2 Bristol Sycamore helicopters. * Later ** 8 A4G Skyhawk fighter bombers ** 6 Grumman S2E/G Trackers ** Westland Wessex anti-submarine helicopters ** Sea King anti-submarine helicopters. rs ** Sea King anti-submarine helicopters.
Armament * 25 x 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns
Badge Crest melbourne2.gif +
Battle-honours * Rabaul 1914 * North Sea 1916-18 * Malaysia 1965-66
Beam 80 feet2inches  +
Builder Vickers Armstrong Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness, England  +
Commissioned 28 October 1955  +
Company 1,355 (includes347CarrierAirGrouppersonnel)  +
Decommissioned 30 June 1982  +
Displacement 15,740 tons  +
Draught 25 feet5inches  +
Horsepower 42,000  +
Laid down 15 April 1943  +
Launched 28 February 1945  +
Length 701 feet5inches  +
Machinery * Parsons single reduction geared turbines, 2 shafts
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. 9 February 2012 03:56:11  +
Pennant R21  +
Photo Melbourne2.jpg +
Range 12,000 at14knots  +
Ship-status history  +
Speed 12.347 m/s (44.448 km/h, 0.0123 km/s, 2,430.447 ft/min, 40.508 ft/s, 810.153 yd/m, 27.619 mph, 24 knots)  +
Type Modified Majestic Class Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier +
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Bristol Sycamore HR50/51 +, De Havilland Sea Venom F.A.W. Mk 53 +, Fairey Gannet AS1/4 +, Fairey Gannet T.2/T.5 +, Grumman S-2E/G Tracker +, McDonnell Douglas A4G Skyhawk +, Westland Wessex 31A +, Westland Wessex Mk31B + Embarked in
 

 

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