| Name: | VENGEANCE |
| Type: | Aircraft Carrier |
| Keel: | 16/11/1942 |
| Launched: | 23/02/1944 |
| Completed: | 15/01/1945 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1699 |
| Dimensions: | 13190disp - 18040disp, 630.0 x 80.25 x 18.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 40000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 25.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 6 x 4 x 2pdr AA, 21 x 1 x 40mm AA, 12 x 1 x 20mm AA guns; |
| 48 x aircraft and 1 x catapult | |
| History: | |
| 15/01/1945 | British Royal Navy |
| 13/11/1952 | Government of Australia; assigned HMAS prefix |
| 14/12/1956 | Government of Brazil; renamed MINAS GERAIS |
| 15/04/2004 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A Light Fleet Carrier of the Colossus Class |
| 13/11/1952: On loan to the Government of Australia | |
| 06/1955: Returned to the UK | |
| 1957 - 1960: Major modifications at Verolme Dock, Rotterdam | |
| Modifications included an angled deck, steam catapults etc for operating jet aircraft | |
| 1991 - 1993: Major modifications including missile defence | |
| 15/04/2004: Arrived at Alang, India, for breaking up |
Above: WEARMOUTH tows TITAN II past VENGEANCE (back) & TRIUMPH (front). Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
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Above photo as MINAS GERAIS is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as MINAS GERAIS is courtesy of Photoship