| Aircraft
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* 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.
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| Armament
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* 25 x 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns
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| Badge
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Crest melbourne2.gif +
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| Battle-honours
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* Rabaul 1914
* North Sea 1916-18
* Malaysia 1965-66
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| Beam
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80 feet2inches +
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| Builder
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Vickers Armstrong Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness, England +
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| Commissioned
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28 October 1955 +
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| Company
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1,355 (includes347CarrierAirGrouppersonnel) +
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| Decommissioned
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30 June 1982 +
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| Displacement
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15,740 tons +
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| Draught
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25 feet5inches +
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| Horsepower
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42,000 +
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| Laid down
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15 April 1943 +
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| Launched
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28 February 1945 +
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| Length
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701 feet5inches +
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| Machinery
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* Parsons single reduction geared turbines, 2 shafts
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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9 February 2012 03:56:11 +
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| Pennant
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R21 +
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| Photo
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Melbourne2.jpg +
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| Range
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12,000 at14knots +
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| Ship-status
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history +
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| Speed
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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) +
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| Type
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Modified Majestic Class Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier +
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| Categories |
Modified Majestic Class Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier,
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