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  HMS Pretoria Castle F61  
1943 - 1946 .
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HMS Pretoria Castle

Class

Pretoria Castle Class

Builder

Harland & Wolff

Laid down

12. October 1938

Launched

1939

Commissioned as a passenger liner

28 November 1939
Purchased by the RN

16 July 1942
Converted to a carrier Swan Hunter (conversion completed 9. August 1943.

Commissioned

29 July 1943

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Capt: -
778 NAS Flight B misc. - Lt(A) D. R. Carter, RN
4. August 1943 - 25. October 1943
Port calls at:
last update 3. November 2022
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Capt: -
778 NAS Flight B misc. - Lt(A) D. R. Carter, RN
11. November 1943 - 14. April. 1944
Port calls at:
last update 3. November 2022
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Capt: -
778 NAS Flight B misc. - Lt(A) D. R. Carter, RN
6. May 1944 - 23. May 1945
Port calls at:
last update 3. November 2022
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history (short)
Used only as a trials and training carrier. Sold into merchant service 26 Jan 1946 but not decommissioned and delivered to new owners until 21. March 1946. Renamed Warwick Castle. Scrapped in Spain starting 9/1962.
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Decommissioned

26. January 1946
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last update 1. Februay 2013

written 1. November 2011

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