page_title: French aircraft carrier Arromanches
hierarchical_section_title: French aircraft carrier Arromanches
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: L'Arromanches en 1961 dans la mer méditerranée
context_page_description: Arromanches was an aircraft carrier of the French Navy, which served from 1946 to 1974. She was previously HMS Colossus of the Royal Navy. She was the name-ship of the Colossus class of light carriers. She was commissioned in 1944, but did not see any action in World War II. She served with the British Pacific Fleet in 1945–46, as an aircraft transport and repatriation ship.
  In 1946, she was loaned to the French Navy, and renamed Arromanches; she was bought by the French in 1951.
  Arromanches participated in the First Indochina War in three campaigns from 1948 to 1954, and the Suez Crisis of 1956. In 1968 she was converted to an anti-submarine warfare carrier. She was decommissioned in 1974, and broken up in 1978.
context_section_description: Arromanches (R95) was an aircraft carrier of the French Navy, which served from 1946 to 1974. She was previously HMS Colossus (15) of the Royal Navy. She was the name-ship of the Colossus class of light carriers. She was commissioned in 1944, but did not see any action in World War II. She served with the British Pacific Fleet in 1945–46, as an aircraft transport and repatriation ship.
  In 1946, she was loaned to the French Navy, and renamed Arromanches; she was bought by the French in 1951.
  Arromanches participated in the First Indochina War in three campaigns from 1948 to 1954, and the Suez Crisis of 1956. In 1968 she was converted to an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) carrier. She was decommissioned in 1974, and broken up in 1978.
caption: Arromanches in the Mediterranean 1961
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