Aircraft Carriers: Majestic Class; HMAS Melbourne

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Aircraft Carriers: Majestic Class; HMAS Melbourne

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Majestic Class Light Fleet Carrier HMAS Melbourne pictured off Sydney in October 1977.
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Good, low coast CVLs! I can never remember what made for the 2 different classes tho??? Maybe Brian can jog my failing memory? DFO
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The rebuild variations these 2 classes of cvls went thru, for different new owners was quite interesting, too. All did get angled flight decks, but AFAIK the Douglas Skyhawk was the best jet that could be deployed from any of them. Numerous different helos and USN S2F Trackers also graced the flight decks of some.

Here is the Dutch K. Doorman, and later as the Argentine 25 de Mayo in B+W. DFO
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Majestic Class Light Fleet Carrier HMAS Melbourne pictured at Pearl Harbor,June 30th 1958.
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designeraccd wrote: Thu Oct 04, 2018 2:57 pm The rebuild variations these 2 classes of cvls went thru, for different new owners was quite interesting, too. All did get angled flight decks, but AFAIK the Douglas Skyhawk was the best jet that could be deployed from any of them. Numerous different helos and USN S2F Trackers also graced the flight decks of some.

Here is the Dutch K. Doorman, and later as the Argentine 25 de Mayo in B+W. DFO
What was all the netting hanging over the port side for Dennis , crew recovery , or had they just finished Trawling :?:
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That'$ why they were low co$t! Helped pay for themselves!!! :lol: DFO
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Majestic Class Light Fleet Carrier HMAS Melbourne pictured at Pearl Harbor for RIMPAC 78.
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That was a good shot once I was able to discern which ship was which , and where one overlapped the other ;)
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Undated..Lead Ship,DDG HMAS Perth pictured from HMAS Melbourne.
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Ahhhhh Choppy Aussy Oggin it seems ........Nice Shot though :D
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