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    HMS Victorious was the third Illustrious-class aircraft carrier after Illustrious and Formidable. Ordered under the 1936 Naval Programme, she was laid...
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  • HMS Victorious (R38), an Illustrious-class aircraft carrier, launched in 1939. She saw much action in World War II. She was scrapped in 1969. HMS Victorious (S29)...
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    HMS Victorious (R38). The 1st CAG reformed in October 1947, for embarkation on HMS Implacable (R86). In late 1950 the group was transferred onto HMS Indomitable...
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    United Kingdom. There are two carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, currently in service. HMS Unicorn was an aircraft repair ship and...
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  • Subway car) R38 (South Africa), a road HMS R38, a submarine of the Royal Navy HMS Victorious (R38), an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy R38: Irritating...
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    Illustrious-class aircraft carrier HMS Victorious (R38) after operations in the Barents Sea. It embarked back onto HMS Victorious (R38) for attacks on shipping...
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    aircraft carrier, HMS Victorious (R38). However, with the aircraft carrier unavailable, the squadrons joined the Ruler-class escort carrier, HMS Begum (D38)...
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    the prototype conducted the first deck landing by a turboprop aircraft on HMS Illustrious, piloted by Lieutenant Commander G. Callingham. On 6 July 1950...
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    A Gannet COD.4 from HMS Victorious (R38) aboard USS Bennington in 1965...
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    shipped from Norfolk, Virginia, many aboard the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Perseus. The Avengers were fitted with British equipment by Scottish Aviation...
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    Suez Crisis. The two carriers selected for the operation were HMS Centaur and HMS Victorious, which were transferred to the region in readiness. With the...
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  • during The Cold War. Illustrious-class aircraft carrier-WWII era HMS Victorious (R38) modernised in 1950s and in commission till 1968. Implacable-class...
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    appointed Commander (Air) of the Illustrious-class aircraft carrier HMS Victorious (R38), joining the ship on 21 May 1959. In March 1961, Treacher was appointed...
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    Portsmouth on 7 January 1946 where she was allocated the pennant number of R38, later H40. The ship was initially used to familiarize the British on her...
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  • (admiral?) attacked Osaka: HMS Formidable (67) HMS Indefatigable (R10) HMS Victorious (R38) IJN: IJN Amagi (CV) damaged by bombs while at anchor in the Inland...
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  • charge dropped by Japanese assault demolition boat, or the boat itself HMS Victorious reported that on 4 May 1945, Concentrated KAMIKAZE attacks and 7 destroyed...
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    VF-141 F3H Demon landing on HMS Victorious (R38) in 1961...
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    battleship USS Washington (BB-56), and British aircraft carrier HMS Victorious (R38) in that fashion. She also supplied diesel fuel to the destroyer...
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  • Channel the family rescues two downed Fleet Air Arm aviators from HMS Victorious (R38). Their commanding officer gives the Corbetts supplies and suggests...
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    he next commanded a task force that included a British carrier, HMS Victorious (R38). Ramsey received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal as Chief of...
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  • their naval forces for the defence of the Philippine islands group. HMS VICTORIOUS (R38). Naval History Homepage. Operation Millet - Codenames : Operations...
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  • spent entirely on aircraft carriers—HMS Ocean (R68), HMS Glory (R62), HMS Illustrious (87), HMS Victorious (R38) and HMS Eagle (R05). In 1971 Wilson took...
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    the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious, the heavy cruisers USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) and USS Wichita (CA-45), the light cruiser HMS Kenya and ten destroyers...
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    Second World War: Leading-Airman Percy W. Clitheroe DSM (1916–1941), HMS Victorious (R38) Corporal Herbert H. Mortimer (1913–1944), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk...
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    1946 HMS Unicorn fleet maintenance carrier (1943) - sold for scrap 1959 Illustrious class HMS Illustrious (1939) HMS Formidable (1939) HMS Victorious (1939)...
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    British. Task Force 37 included the carriers HMS Formidable (67), Indefatigable (R10), and Victorious (R38). The Third Fleet's attack against Kure began...
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  • Retrieved 10 February 2020. Mason, Lt Cdr Geoffrey B, RN (6 October 2010). "HMS VICTORIOUS - Illustrious-class Fleet Aircraft Carrier". Service Histories of Royal...
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    constructing one of their own, the ZR-1 USS Shenandoah, and buying the R38 (based on the Zeppelin L 70) when the British airship programme was cancelled...
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    MiG-15 pilots who had attempted to intercept them. The Canberra was the victorious aircraft flown in The Last Great Air Race from London to Christchurch...
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