VENGEANCE light aircraft carrier (1945/1952)
Vengeance 1952
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Vengeance | R71 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK | 16.11.1942 | 23.2.1944 | 15.1.1945 // 13.11.1952 | to UK 6.1955 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
13190 |
|
Displacement full, t |
18040 |
|
Length, m |
192 pp 211.2 - 211.8 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
24.4 wl |
|
Draught, m |
7.09 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
40000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
25 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 3196 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 12000(14) |
|
Armament |
12 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 6 x 4 - 40/39 RP.50 Mk 7, 37 aircraft (Sea Fury, Firefly fighters) |
| Electronic equipment |
type 79B, type 281B radars, type 144 sonar |
|
Complement |
1300 |
Aircraft facilities (fd - 5,131m², ha - 2,142m² / 11,355m³): Flight deck: 210.3x24.4m; hangar: 135.6x15.8x 5.3m. Two lifts: 13.7x10.4m, 6.8t. 1 catapult BH-III (6.4t plane was launched at 122km/h). Aircraft fuel stowage: 448,200l.
| Year | Fighters | Helicopters |
| 1952 | 12 Sea Fury FB.11, 12 Firefly FR.4/5, AS.5/6 | 3 Sycamore HR.50 |
Project history: The British Colossus class light fleet carrier Vengeance was loaned to Australia during 1952-55.
Protection: There were mantlets around aircraft torpedoes warheads rooms only. Their thickness was 10mm. Longitudinal watertight bulkheads covered the machinery.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Taken over by the RAN on 13 November 1952, the ship saw active service until defence cuts in late 1954 reduced the ship to a training role. She was intended as a stop-gap until the commissioning of Melbourne and was returned to the RN in June 1955.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015