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HMS Vengeance |
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| Class | Colossus Class | |
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Builder |
Swan Hunter at Wallsend-on-Tyne | |
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Laid down |
16. November 1942 | |
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Launched |
23. February 1944 | |
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Commissioned |
15. January 1945 | |
| Transferred to the RAN | 13. November 1952 | |
| Identification | Pennant R71 |
Deckcode Q |
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Carrier transferred from the Royal Navy on 13. November 1952 |
| January 1953 - 11. March 1953 | |||
| Transfer to Australia | |||
| Capt: Capt. Henry M Burrell RAN | - | ||
| NAS | Sea Fury | Q | - |
| NAS | Firefly | Q | - |
| Port calls at: Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, the Suez Canal, Colombo, Fremantle | |||
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Cockatoo Island Dockyard in
Sydney March 1953 - June 1953 refit |
| ? 17. Sep. 1954 - 9. Nov. 1953 | |||
| ? | |||
| Capt: ? | - | ||
| NAS 808 | Sea Fury | Q |
Lt-Cdr C. A. Beange, DSC, RAN 17. Sep. 1954 - 9. Nov. 1953 |
| NAS | Firefly | Q | - |
| Port calls at: | |||
| ? 11. January 1954 - 4. Feb. 1954 | |||
| ? | |||
| Capt: ? | - | ||
| NAS 808 | Sea Fury FB.11 | Q |
Lt-Cdr C. A. Beange, DSC, RAN 11. Jan.1954 - 4. Feb. 1954 |
| NAS | Firefly | Q | - |
| Port calls at: | |||
| February 1954 - May 1954 | |||
| Escort duty during the visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II | |||
| Capt: ? | - | ||
| NAS 808 | Sea Fury FB.11 | Q |
Lt-Cdr C. A. Beange, DSC, RAN 6. Feb.1954 - 6. May 1954 |
| NAS | Firefly | Q | - |
| Port calls at: | |||
| On 5. April 1954, in the vicinity of the Cocos Islands, HMAS Bataan was damaged in a collision with HMAS Vengeance during replenishment operations. On completion of Royal Escort duty, HMAS Vengeance visited Manus Island and Rabaul before returned to Sydney in May 1954. | |||
Sidney
| 27. October 1954 - 3. December 1954 | |||
| Trip to Japan | |||
| Capt: Capt. | - | ||
| 77 Sqn. | Meteor F.4 | - | - |
| Port calls at: "Japan" | |||
Sidney
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Cockatoo Island Dockyard in
Sydney November 1954 - February 1955 refit |
Sidney
| 16. June 1955 -13. August 1955 | |||
| Trip to United Kingdom | |||
| Capt: Capt. | - | ||
| 77 Sqn. | Meteor F.4 | - | - |
| Port calls at: Singapore, Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Said and Malta | |||
Devonport (UK)
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Carrier transferred to the Royal Navy on 25. October 1955 |
| history (short) |
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She was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Vengeance, on loan from the Royal Navy, at Devonport, England, on 13. November 1952, under the temporary command of Commander Clive M. Hudson, RAN with a steaming party of 550 officers and men who had arrived in England from Australia in the SS Asturias. Captain Henry M Burrell RAN assumed command on 2. December 1952. |