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HMS Venerable |
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Later names: |
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HNLMS Karel Doorman R-81 (1948) |
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ARA
Veinticinco de Mayo V-2 (1969) |
Type: |
Aircraft Carrier |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Cammell Laird Birkenhead, England |
Pennant Number: |
16 (Royal Navy) R-81 (Netherlands) V-2 (Argentina) |
Ordered: |
August 7, 1942 |
Launched: |
December 30, 1943 |
Keel Laid: |
December 3, 1942 |
Commissioned: |
January 17, 1945 (Royal Navy) May 28, 1948 (Netherlands) August 22, 1969 (Argentina) |
Fate: |
Scrapped at Alang, India in 1999. |
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Timeline |
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1948: |
Sold to the Netherlands, renamed Karel Doorman R-81. |
Oct. 15, 1968: |
Sold to Argentina and renamed Veinticinco de Mayo V-2. |
| June 1986: | Removed from service and laid up. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Sept. 5, 2007 |