| Name: | PERSEUS launched as EDGAR |
| Type: | Aircraft Carrier |
| Keel: | 01/06/1942 |
| Launched: | 26/03/1944 |
| Completed: | 19/10/1945 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 56 |
| Dimensions: | 12265disp - 16500disp, 630.0 x 80.3 x 18.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR Geared, 40000shp |
| Engines by: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Barrow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 25.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 4 x 4 x 2pdr AA, 12 x 1 x 20mm AA guns; |
| No capability for launching aircraft | |
| History: | |
| 19/10/1945 | British Royal Navy |
| 06/05/1958 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A Light Fleet Carrier of the COLOSSUS Class |
| 07/1944: Renamed PERSEUS | |
| 1945: Completed as an aircraft maintenance ship | |
| 1950: Fitted with an experimental steam catapult | |
| 1952: Converted to a ferry carrier to transport aircraft | |
| 1955: Work started on conversion to a submarine depot ship | |
| 1957: Conversion cancelled | |
| 06/05/1958: Broken up at Port Glasgow by Smith & Houston Ltd |
Above photo dated 11/05/1945 is copyright of France, Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co Ltd
Above photo dated 1946 is copyright of Allan C Green. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo dated 1946 is copyright of Allan C Green
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo at Smith & Houston's Port Glasgow yard is copyright of Dave Forbes