| Name: | COLOSSUS |
| Type: | Aircraft Carrier |
| Keel: | 01/06/1942 |
| Launched: | 30/09/1943 |
| Completed: | 16/12/1944 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 55 |
| Dimensions: | 13190disp - 18040disp, 630.0 x 80.3 x 18.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR Geared, 40000shp |
| Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine 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, 1 x catapult | |
| History: | |
| 16/12/1944 | British Royal Navy |
| 1946 | Government of France; renamed ARROMANCHES |
| 1978 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A Light Fleet Carrier of the COLOSSUS Class |
| 1946: On loan to the Government of France | |
| 1951: Purchased by the Government of France | |
| 1957: Fitted with an angled flight deck | |
| 1968: Converted to a helicopter carrier for 24 x helicopters | |
| 22/01/1974: Decommissioned | |
| 1978: Broken up at Toulon |
Above photo as COLOSSUS is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo as COLOSSUS is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo as COLOSSUS is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo as COLOSSUS is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo as COLOSSUS is copyright of Mark Teadham
Above photo as ARROMANCHES is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo as ARROMANCHES is courtesy of Photoship