HMS Warrior R31

Royal Navy - HMS Warrior R31, a Colossus-class light aircraft carrier, in September 1956. (Warrior was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy from 1946 to 1948 as HMCS Warrior. Warrior was returned to the Royal Navy in 1948 and entered service with the British. While in service with the Royal Navy, Warrior was modernised twice, including the installation of an angled flight deck in 1956. In 1948-1949, the ship was used in aircraft landing experiments and fitted with a rubber flight deck and in 1957, was used as the headquarters ship during nuclear testing at Christmas Island. In 1958, the vessel was sold to the Argentine Navy and entered Argentine service in 1959 as ARA Independencia)

Angled Argentine Colossus-class Entered Experiments Fitted Hmcs Independencia Installation Loaned Modernised Returned Twice

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