Victorious 1941

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Name:	VICTORIOUS
Type:	Aircraft Carrier
Keel:	04/05/1937
Launched:	14/09/1939
Completed:	15/05/1941
Builder:	Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard:	High Walker
Yard Number:	11
Dimensions:	23207disp - 28619disp, 673.0 x 95.75 x 24.0(draft)ft;
	(1957: 30530disp - 35500disp, 740.0 x 103.0 x 31.0(draft)ft
Engines:	3 x Steam turbines, SR Geared, 110000shp
Engines by:	Parsons Marine Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion:	3 x Screws, 30.5knots
Construction:	Steel
Armament:	8 x 2 x 4.5ins, 6 x 8 x 2pdr guns, 36 x aircraft; (1945: 54 x aircraft)
History:
15/05/1941	British Royal Navy
13/07/1969	Broken up

Comments:	A member of the ILLUSTRIOUS Class of Fleet Carriers & allocated pennant number R38
	Built wth an armoured deck & hanger plus AA protection which reduced aircraft numbers
	1950 - 1957: Rebuilt at Portsmouth Dockyard with an angled flight deck
	30.0ft of new midships inserted into the hull & side sponsons added
	Fitted with 2 x steam catapults & 6 x 2 x 3.0ins AA guns
	Operated 28 x fixed wing aircraft & 8 x helicopters
	13/07/1969: Arrived at Faslane for breaking up
	Broken up by Shipbreaking Industries Ltd