Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

timlewin wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 6:28 am here is one I saved from the old forum, but not the story with it.....

Here you are Tim ... althought not much of a story surrounding the post plus 2 x attachments:-

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hi from Ray....anyone seen this one before, kinda neat, gotta be good story behind this one, or a date?? or leaving Russian waters.... I THINK... enjoy
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Attachment 1
(is the one you saved from the old forum)

Attachment 2
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TRIUMPH visited Leningrad in October 1955 - possibly that was when these photos were taken?

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I would agree with tjs - In October 1955 Russia and the UK navies, made 'exchange' visits - two Russian cruisers, the Sverdlov and Aleksander Suvorov, accompanied by 4 Skory class destroyers visited Portsmouth, whilst at the same time, the Triumph, accompanied by the Apollo, Decoy, Diana, Chevron and Chieftan went to Leningrad.

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...... and that's yer lot Tim .... there were just those supporting posts (copied above) offered up after the post in question.

The above is copied from WNSF archive; via the following route:-
- World Naval Ships Forums Archive; Ships and Navies; Index pages
- Royal Navy Ships and Crews; Index pages
- Royal Navy Ships and Crews; Threads 201 to 300
- HMS Triumph: Carrier 1946-1981 (Page 2) Posts 51 to 100

Hope that is of some help.

Launching of Colossus Class Carrier HMS Venerable at Cammell Laird Shipyards, Birkenhead,Merseyside on December 30th 1943.She was laid down at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead on December 3rd 1942 and launched just over a year later. She was commissioned on January 17th 1945. As with others of the Class completed just before the ending of hostilities, she immediately headed to the Far East to join the 11th Aircraft Carrier Squadron (Colossus, Glory and Vengeance) of the British Pacific Fleet. Each carrier had around 40 Vought F4U Corsair fighters and Fairey Barracuda Torpedo Bombers on board.
After the end of hostilities,she repatriated prisoners of war to Canada and Australia, before returning to the UK. She only served three years in the Royal Navy before being sold to the Dutch as HNLMS Karel Doorman. In 1968, after a boiler-room fire, she was sold to the Argentine Navy and renamed ARA Veinticinco de Mayo.
By 1990, she was inoperable, and she subsequently provided spare parts for her sister ship, Minas Gerais, which had been sold to the Brazilian Navy.,she was scrapped in Alang, India in 1999.

The x-VENERABLE was a distinctive looking CVL when the Dutch got thru with their modernization! Given the time and aircraft she could operate, seems to have been money well $pent....... DFO

Colossus Class Light Fleet Carrier HMS Theseus pictured in New Zealand waters in 1947.

Colossus Class Light Fleet Carrier HMS Theseus pictured accompanied by C Class Destroyer HMS Cockade after transiting the Rangitoto Channel towards Waitemata Harbour,Auckland NZ,September 1947.

Colossus Class Light Fleet Carrier HMS Theseus pictured accompanied by C Class Destroyer HMS Cockade as they enter Waitemata Harbour,Auckland,August 30th 1947.

Colossus Class Light Fleet Carrier HMS Triumph pictured off Subic Bay,March 8th 1950.

Colossus Class Light Fleet Carrier HMS Warrior pictured off Gibraltar.She was ordered from Harland & Wolff Shipyards,Belfast in 1942,construction was finished in 1945 and upon completion, the aircraft carrier was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy from 1946 to 1948 as HMCS Warrior.She was returned to the Royal Navy in 1948 and entered service with the RN. While in service with the Royal Navy, Warrior was modernised twice, including the installation of an angled flight deck in 1956. In 1948–1949, the ship was used in aircraft landing experiments and fitted with a rubber flight deck and in 1957, was used as the Headquarters Ship during nuclear testing at Christmas Island. In 1958, she was sold to the Argentine Navy and entered Argentine service in 1959 as ARA Independencia.The aircraft carrier remained in service until 1970 when she was placed in reserve. The following year, she was sold for scrap.

Chance-Vought Corsairs, with Fairey Barracuda torpedo bombers, pictured on the deck of HMS Formidable, off Norway July 1944.

Colossus Class Light Fleet Carrier HMS Venerable pictured at Port Melbourne,1946..She served for only the last few months of World War II, and in 1948 she was sold to the Netherlands and renamed HNLMS Karel Doorman, taking part in the military clash in 1962 in Western New Guinea. Subsequently, she was sold to Argentina and renamed ARA Veinticinco de Mayo, later taking part in the Falklands War.