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Ships · United Kingdom · 1944-1945

Colossus-class light fleet carrier

light fleet aircraft carrier

Designed to a simplified, merchant-standard specification that could be built quickly, the Colossus class filled the gap between costly armoured fleet carriers and small escort carriers. Only four of the sixteen planned Light Fleet carriers were completed before the war's end, arriving too late for front-line combat, and they were instead used to ferry returning troops and repatriated prisoners of war home from the Pacific and Far East.

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displacement13,200 long tons (standard)
aircraftup to 52
built4 completed by war's end (8 Colossus-class total)

Pacific

The Royal Navy Colossus-class aircraft carrier HMS Glory (R62) in 1946.
The Royal Navy Colossus-class aircraft carrier HMS Glory (R62) in 1946.Allan C. Green 1878 - 1954 · Public domain · source
The Royal Navy heavy repair ship HMS Triumph (A108) in the Atlantic in January 1972.
The Royal Navy heavy repair ship HMS Triumph (A108) in the Atlantic in January 1972.Isaac Newton, RN · CC BY-SA 2.5 · source
A port bow view of the Argentine aircraft carrier ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2) in port during exercise Unitas XX.
A port bow view of the Argentine aircraft carrier ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2) in port during exercise Unitas XX.PH2 J. Vinson, USN · Public domain · source
Aircraft carrier ARA Independencia underway
Aircraft carrier ARA Independencia underwayUnknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · source