| Name: | LEVIATHAN |
| Type: | Aircraft Carrier |
| Keel: | 18/10/1943 |
| Launched: | 07/06/1945 |
| Completed: | n/a |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1703 |
| Dimensions: | 15700disp - 19500disp, 630.0 x 80.3 x 21.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons Type, SR Geared, 40000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 24.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 6 x 2 x 40mm AA, 20 x 1 x 40mm AA guns; 48 x aircraft, 1 x catapult |
| History: | |
| 07/1946 | British Royal Navy |
| 27/05/1968 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Majestic Class of Light Fleet Carriers |
| They were a Colossus class but modified to operate heavier aircraft | |
| 1942: Ordered from Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Walker | |
| Order subsequently transferred to Swan Hunter | |
| 07/07/1946: Towed from the Tyne, when 80% complete, to Portsmouth for preservation | |
| Never completed and used as an accommodation vessel | |
| 1966: Boilers and turbines removed and sold to The Netherlands | |
| Fitted into the KAREL DOORMAN ex HMS VENERABLE which was to become 25 DE MAYO | |
| 27/05/1968: Arrived at Faslane for breaking up by Shipbreaking Industries |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of Paul Silverstone
Above photo is copyright of gettyimages - David Cairns
Above photo is courtesy of Mick Lindsay
Above: Inside Portsmouth Dockyard after removal of boilers & turbines. Photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above: Arriving on the Clyde. Photo is courtesy of Photoship