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  HMS Indefatigable  
1944 - 1954 .
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HMS Indefatigable
Class Implacable Class

Builder

 Vickers Armstrong, Newcastle

Laid down

 3. November 1939

Launched

 8. December 1942

Commissioned

 3. May 1944
Decommissioned September 1954
Identification Pennant R10

Deckcode -
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14. July 1944 -

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820 NAS Barracuda II (12) -
826 NAS Barracuda II (12) -
894 NAS 24. Jul. 44 - 24. Sep. 44 Seafire F.III (12) -

1770 Sqn.

Firefly FR.1 (12)

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Operation Mascot 17 July 1944 (Tirpitz Raid)
last update 20. October 2013
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August 1944

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820 NAS Barracuda II (12) -
887 NAS Seafire F.III (9) -
894 NAS 24. Jul. 44 - 24. Sep. 44 Seafire F.III (12) -
1770 NAS Firyefly I (12) -
1840 NAS Hellcat I (12) -
Operation Goodwood 22- 29 August 1944 (Tirpitz Raid)
last update 20. October 2013
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Scappa Flow
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19. September 1944 - 24. September 1944

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820 NAS Barracuda II (12) -
887 NAS Seafire F.III (9) -
894 NAS 24. Jul. 44 - 24. Sep. 44 Seafire F.III (12) -
1770 NAS Firyefly I (12) -
1840 NAS Hellcat I (12) -
Anti Shipping Strikes off Norway
last update 20. October 2013
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28. September 1944 - 8. November 1944

Refitted at John Brown and Company of Clydebank
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19. November 1944  - 10. December 1944

Transit to Ceylon
     
     
Anti Shipping Strikes
last update 20. October 2013
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RNS Trincomalee
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1. January 1945 - 7. January 1945

11th CAG

820 NAS

Avenger (21)

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887 NAS

Seafire LIII (18)

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894 NAS 24. Dec 44 - 10. Feb. 45

Seafire LIII (24)

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1770 NAS

Firefly FR.I (12)

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"Operation Lentil" Airstrike against The Pangkalan Brandan Sumatra reinery complex in NEI
 

 

820NAS - 894 NAS
last update 1. August 2017
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RNS Trincomalee
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16. January 1945 - 10. February 1945

7th CAG BPF

887 Sqn.

Seafire

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820 Sqn.

Avenger

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894 NAS 24. Dec. 44 - 10. Feb. 45

Seafire LIII (24)

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1770 Sqn.

Firefly FR.I

270
Operation Meridian I & II
 

 

887 NAS - 820 NAS
 

 

894 NAS    
last update 1 November 2011
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Freemantle
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27. February 1945 - 5. June 1945

7th CAG BPF

894 NAS 27. Feb. 45 - 5. Jun. 45

Seafire LIII (24)

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Pacific
 

 

894 NAS    
last update 1. August 2017
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Freemantle
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7. July 1945 - 18 September 1945

7th CAG BPF

894 NAS 7. Jul. 45 - 18 Sep. 45

Seafire LIII (24)

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Pacific
 

 

894 NAS    
last update 1. August 2017
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Freemantle
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22. November  1945 - 22. December 1945

7th CAG BPF

894 NAS 22. Nov. 45 - 22. Dec. 45

Seafire LIII (24)

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Visit to auckland, New Zealand and  Melburne
 

 

894 NAS    
last update 1. August 2017
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Freemantle
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31. December 1945 - 16. March 1946

7th CAG BPF

894 NAS 31. Dec. 45 - 15. Mar. 46

Seafire LIII (24)

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Trip Home
 

 

894 NAS    
last update 1. August 2017
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Decommissioned

December 1946
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1946 - 1949

Reserve
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Recommissioned

1950
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1950-1954 (general)

Training Carrier

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last update 1 November 2011
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Decommissioned

September 1954
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last update 1. Februay 2013

written 1. November 2011

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