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	Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (O) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		HMS Ocean is a British aircraft carrier built based on the design of the Invincible Class aircraft carrier with a modified superstructure, after the UK Ministry of Defence issued an invitation to tender in July 1987 for an amphibious helicopter carrier for the Royal Navy.
		She carries a crew of 69 including seven officers and is armed with six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes taking the Marconi Tigerfish Mk 24 Mod 2 torpedo or mines in place of torpedoes.
		She carries a crew of 39 and is armed with a Bofors 40 mm Mk 3 gun; a DES/Oerlikon 30 mm/75 Mk 1 gun and two FN 7.62 mm machine-guns.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /RC.HTM (3904 words)

	Aircraft carrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		To land on the carrier, incoming aircraft moving at 150 mph (240 km/h) are equipped with tailhooks to engage one of up to four arrestor cables stretched across the deck, stopping the aircraft within 320 feet (100 m) after engaging a cable.
		The command and control superstructure of an aircraft carrier, comprising the bridge, CIC and control tower, among other systems, is concentrated in a single, relatively small structure on the starboard side of the deck called an "island".
		By the late 1930s, aircraft carriers around the world typically carried three types of aircraft: torpedo bombers, also used for conventional bombings and reconnaissance ; dive bombers, also used for reconnaissance (in the US Navy this type of aircraft were known as "scout bombers"); and fighters for fleet defence and bomber escort duties.
	www.infoslurp.com /information/Aircraft_carrier (3835 words)

	Colossus Class Light Fleet Aircraft Carriers
		The Colossus Class was designed with a displacement of 18,300 tons and measurements of 630ft in length, 80ft in breadth and 23ft in draught.
		Aircraft cranes, workshops, deck houses and defensive anti-aircraft weapons were added to the flight deck and although space was provided for aircraft deck parking, all equipment necessary to operate aircraft was absent, and consequently aircraft were hoisted aboard.
		Aircraft Carriers were vital in the Korean War (1950-3), providing mobile airfields for allied warplanes and four Royal Navy Colossus Class vessels participated in the three year conflict.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Postwar/Carriers/colossus.htm (2752 words)

	HMS Theseus (R64) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		HMS Theseus (R64) was a Colossus -class light fleet aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy.
		During her fourth operational patrol, which begun in the middle of December 1950, aircraft from Theseus sighted numerous land vehicles in the north of the separated country, in what was a quintessential winter scene, with heavy snow covering the area.
		The crews of the carriers Unicorn and Glory, the latter her replacement for the patrols that she had undertook, and of the same class as her, manned the sides, cheering Theseus on as she departed, the crew of Theseus doing the same.
	mywiseowl.com /index.php?title=HMS_Theseus_(R64)&action=creativecommons (1391 words)

	HMS Ocean (1945) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The fifth HMS Ocean was a Royal Navy Colossus-class[?] light fleet aircraft carrier of 13,190 tons builtin Glasgow.
		The fifth HMS Ocean was a Royal Navy Colossus -class[?] light fleet aircraft carrier of 13,190 tons built in Glasgow.
		On December 3, 1945, a Sea Vampire[?] landed on board, the first jet aircraft to land on the deck of an aircraft carrier.
	www.explainthat.info /hm/hms-ocean-(1945).html (423 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Aircraft Carrier HMS Colossus of the Colossus class
		Rear Admiral Harcourt had recently arrived on the Station at Subic Bay in command of the light fleet carriers HMS Colossus, HMS Venerable, HMS Vengeance and HMS Glory who were tasked in the re-occupation of Hong Kong they were referred to as the 11th Aircraft Carrier Squadron.
		Colossus was the task force leader for the cruisers HMS Bermuda and HMS Argonaut and five destroyers in order to occupy the Shanghai area.
		One of her aircraft veered to port on landing and ditched in the sea.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/3237.html (526 words)

	Colossus Class (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Aircraft carrier website dedicated to the history of HMS Colossus, HMS Glory, HMS Ocean, HMS Theseus, HMS Venerable, HMS Vengeance, HMS Warrior and HMS Triumph from their launch to their participation in major wars also notice board for families of ex-crew of Colossus class carriers.
		The Colossus Class Aircraft Carriers 1944-1972 by Neil McHart
		The eight aircraft carriers, which were designed for the duration of the Second World War only, went on to pioneer the use of jet aircraft at sea and, between 1950 and 1953, four of them bore the brunt of the Royal Navys commitment to the Korean War.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /colossus_class1.htm (1411 words)

	COLD WAR ONLINE
		The Majestic-class carriers were initially intended to be part of the Colossus -class, but were instead built to a modified design, still based on the Colossus -class.
		The Midway class aircraft carrier was one of the longest lived carrier designs in modern history.
		The class was originally conceived as the largest aircraft carrier of the era, with the ability to ferry more planes than any other carrier in the US fleet (30-40 more aircraft than the Essex-class).
	www.coldwaronline.com /database/sea/carrier/m.htm (562 words)

	Aircraft Carriers
		The Aircraft Carrier came of age during the Second World War (1939-1945), and British units proved particularly resilient to Japanese Kamikaze attacks in the Pacific.
		Nevertheless the Aircraft Carrier was a vital component of the Royal Navy during the Cold War.
		the involvement of Aircraft Carriers in the 1982 Falklands Conflict.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Postwar/Carriers (160 words)

	For internet sale: aircraft carrier, only three owners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The 16,000-ton carrier, which has had only three careful owners, was placed on the website by an unknown broker just after Christmas.
		Under the headline "British aircraft carrier for sale on Ebay (for real)", the brokers promised "we are a shipbroker, not an arms dealer" before explaining how the ship was a must-have, the ultimate sea-going statement.
		Vengeance, a light fleet carrier of the Colossus class, was launched in 1944 and entered service with the Royal Navy just in time for the end of the Second World War.
	www.millennium-debate.org /tel10jan042.htm (378 words)

	HMS Colossus - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Colossus (1910) - Dreadnought battleship of the Colossus class, commissioned in 1911.
		She fought at the Battle of Jutland and was scrapped in 1928 under terms of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty.
		Colossus - Light aircraft carrier of the Colossus class, commissioned in 1944.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/HMS_Colossus (227 words)

	Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		HMS Furious, Aircraft Carrier 1918 - A carrier with an island in the middle of the flight deck.
		This is another article that is of such high quality, that it fits into the aircraft carrier gallery, diorama gallery and aircraft carrier reviews.
		This model of the original carrier for the USN was scratch-built and donated to the museum by CDR Josiah "Cy" Kirby, USNR (Ret).
	www.steelnavy.com /gallery_aircraft_carriers.htm (2856 words)

	Royal Navy
		Three of the class were struck by submarine torpedo's during the war but only the Royal Oak, hit by at least two, was sunk.
		This class of five reverted to a smaller 14-in calibre main battery because the Londen Navel Conference of 1936 limited the standard displacement of individual battleships to 35,000 tons.
		The first to be completed was the Colossus, but not untill December 1944; she was joined by the Glory, Venerable and Vengeance quickly enough to reach the Pacific Theatre, able to carry up to 60 aircraft.
	homepage.eircom.net /~war/uknav.htm (1110 words)

	Helicopters at Sea
		Modern navies deploy helicopters from small escort vessels to enormous carriers designed exclusively to be operated with rotary wing aircrafts.
		It was a british 's Colossus class fixed wing aircraft carrier, but was used as a helicopter carrier with 20 / 25 helicopters on board from the 60s to 1974 by the french navy
		In 1952, the WWII escort carrier USS Sicily (CVE 118) is the first to be transformed in an helicopter carrier for deploy in Korea where the marines will operate from their HRSs ( Sikorsky S-55)
	www.helis.com /ships (263 words)

	World Aircraft Carriers List: RN Light Fleet Carriers
		Reclassified as a ferry carrier ( A195) 6/1953.
		In this role their catapults and arresting gear were removed, 16 assault helicopters were carried, berthing for 700-900 troops and vehicle/equipment storage space were provided; displacement was 27,300 tons with 8 40 mm AA, crew of 1037.
		Originally planned to carry Exocet on the bow, to the starboard side of the skijump, but the missiles were replaced by additional aircraft parking space.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/carriers/uk_light.htm (4099 words)

	New European Regiment Forum - HMS PIONEER HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Colossus class aircraft carrier - HMS Colossus.
		She carried no operational aircraft but had workshops, cranes and guns fitted on her flightdeck.
		HMS Theseus was a Commando carrier during the Suez Crisis in November 1956.
	www.ner-clan.net /global/showthread.php?t=4782 (1295 words)

	Colossus class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia
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	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colossus_class_aircraft_carrier (145 words)

	Centaur class aircraft carrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		e Centaur class of aircraft carrier s of the British Royal Navy was the last of the light fleet carrier designs started during the closing years of World War II.
		Originally conceived as a class of eight vessels, with the end of hostilities, work on all the ships was suspended and four units were cancelled outright.
		In this role, the ship saw considerable action in the Falklands War, acting as the flagship of the aircraft carrier task force.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Centaur-class-aircraft-carrier.htm (773 words)

	HMS Theseus
		Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Theseus of the Colossus Class.
		Aircraft carrier website dedicated to the history of HMS Theseus, from her launch to participation in major events also notice board for families of ex-crew of HMS Theseus.
		Colossus Class aircraft carriers, Message Board for naval enthusiasts and ex Crew families of HMS Theseus the Colossus class carriers.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_theseus.htm (1048 words)

	BBC - Devon Features - a campaign to rescue the World War II aricraft caririer HMS Vengeance has hit problems
		Vengeance was a light fleet aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy's Colossus Class.
		Plans to bring a World War II aircraft carrier to Plymouth have run into trouble because the vessel is too big.
		It is the last surviving British-built aircraft carrier from the Second World War.
	www.bbc.co.uk /devon/news_features/2002/hms_vengeance.shtml (839 words)

	HMS Pioneer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pioneer (1899) was a Pelorus -class light cruiser.
		Pioneer (R76) was a Colossus -class aircraft carrier launched in 1944.
		This is a disambiguation page â” a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Pioneer (100 words)

	Search Results for gorshkov aircraft carrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Aircraft Carriers: An Indian Introspection..."Russia's ailing aircraft carrier Gorshkov is Navy's...
		Roman Michailov AST centre Aircraft carriers on the market of armaments: arising demand On the background of a generally depressive state of market of conventional armaments, which is present since the end of the cold war, a serious qualitative and
		The Chinese Navy and the Russian Aircraft Carriers By Andrei Pinkov After a careful review of its development in the past five years, it is not difficult to find that the Chinese navy has a special interest in aircraft carriers.
	www.aeronautics.ru /archive/fleet/russian/gorshkovlinks.htm (3449 words)

	CLASS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Search the CLASS Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
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	Colossus class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Colossus was loaned, then sold to France and renamed Arromanches.
		Maritimequest Royal Navy aircraft carrier photo gallery http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/pages/aircraft_carrier_index.htm
		This page was last modified 16:22, 18 June 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colossus_class_carrier (203 words)

	HMS COLOSSUS aircraft carrier profile. Aircraft Carrier Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		The Collossus Class ships were scaled down versions of the Illustrious class but with a large aircraft compliment achieved by a lack of armour.
		Vought Corsair IV KD780/122-D of 1846 Squadron, HMS Colossus, 1945.
		After the war various units of the class were sold or reconstructed with angled decks or as helicopter carriers.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /ships/COLOSSUS.html (473 words)

	Light aircraft carrier - Iridis Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A light aircraft carrier is an aircraft carrier that is smaller than the standard carriers of a navy.
		The precise definition of the type varies by country, typically having a capacity of 1/2 to 2/3 of the aircraft of a full-sized carrier.
		In World War II, the United States Navy produced a number of light carriers by converting cruiser hulls.
	www.iridis.com /Light_aircraft_carrier (86 words)

	HMS Colossus, Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier, HMS Anson
		The ultimate naval art print of HMS Anson, battleship of the King George V class, shown in naval art print by Ivan Berryman, published by Cranston Fine Arts, the naval art company.
		HMS Anson is shown with HMS Colossus at Sydney 1945.
		The King George V class battleship HMS Anson is pictured in Sydney Harbour where she joined the Pacific Fleet in July 1945, viewed across the flight deck of HMS Vengeance, where ten of her Vought F4.U Corsairs are ranged in front of a single folded Fairey Barracuda.
	www.navalprints.com /hms_anson.htm (848 words)

	KDoorman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		She was returned to the Royal Navy when the wishes of the Netherlands naval staff came through, the arrival of an aircraft carrier, as full size as the Dutch could ever hope for.
		In her first years of employment she carried a capable air wing, suitable for close air support and arial attack, consisting of up to 24 Fireflies and Sea Furies.
		The main employment area was the northern North Sea (except for a party trip to Florida), together with destroyers of the Friesland and Holland class, and sometimes a submarine of the Walrus class.
	www.steelnavy.com /KDoorman.htm (832 words)

	LATENIGHT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Check out this bid to purchase and own your very own Aircraft Carrier, at a cost that equals only about 0.5% of what the Canadian government is spending on the gun registry!
		Shortly after its return to the Royal Navy the carrier was placed in the reserves, and eventually sold to Brazil in December of 1956.
		Her final role as an implement of war would be to escort the newest member of the fleet into port.
	www.latenight.ca /archives/2004_01_25_index.htm (519 words)

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		By 1934, Douglas was at work on the famous DC-3, the aircraft that would revolutionize air travel for the next 20 years and cement his place in aviation history.
		During World War II the plane became the workhorse of the U.S. military (the military version was the C-47), and was used to tow gliders, drop paratroopers and haul cargo.
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