Colossus (aircraft carrier class)

***Colossus*** is a class of aircraft carriers built by the United Kingdom in the 1940s.

## Units

* A 11 Minas Gerais
* A 108 Triumph (repair ship conversion)
* R 16 Triumph
* R 62 Glory
* R 64 Theseus
* R 68 Ocean
* R 81 Karel Doorman (1950)
* R 81 Karel Doorman (1958)
* R 95 Arromanches (1946)
* R 95 Arromanches (1950)
* R 95 Arromanches (1962)
* V 1 Independencia
* V2 Veinticinco de Mayo

## History

### Argentina

* 1958: *Independencia* acquired from the United Kingdom (ex-*Warrior*)
* 1968 October 15: *Veinticinco de Mayo* acquired from the Netherlands (ex-*Karel Doorman*)
* 1969 March 12: *Veinticinco de Mayo* commissioned
* 1970: *Independencia* decommissioned
* 1990: *Veinticinco de Mayo* inoperable
* 1997: *Veinticinco de Mayo* decommissioned

### Australia

* 1952 November 13: *Vengeance* acquired from the United Kingdom
* 1955 October 25: *Vengeance* transferred to the United Kingdom

### Brazil

* 1956 December 14: *Minas Gerais* acquired from the United Kingdom; placed in refit
* 1960 December 6: *Minas Gerais* commissioned
* 1991 July: *Minas Gerais* deactivated for refit
* 1993 October: *Minas Gerais* reactivated from refit
* 2001 October 16: *Minas Gerais* decommissioned

### Canada

* 1946 March 14: *Warrior* acquired from the United Kingdom
* 1948 March 23: *Warrior* decommissioned
* 1948 November: *Warrior* transferred to the United Kingdom

### France

* 1946 August: *Arromanches* acquired from the United Kingdom (ex-*Colossus*)
* 1974 January 22: *Arromanches* decommissioned to reserve

### Netherlands

* 1948 April 1: *Karel Doorman* acquired from the United Kingdom (ex-*Venerable*)
* 1948 May 28: *Karel Doorman* commissioned
* 1968 April 29: *Karel Doorman* decommissioned
* 1968 October 15: *Karel Doorman* sold to Argentina (as *Veinticinco de Mayo*)

### United Kingdom

* 1944 December 16: *Colossus* commissioned
* 1945 January 15: *Vengeance* commissioned
* 1945 January 17: *Venerable* commissioned
* 1945 February 8: *Pioneer* commissioned
* 1945 April 2: *Glory* and *Warrior* commissioned
* 1945 August 8: *Ocean* commissioned
* 1945 October 19: *Perseus* commissioned
* 1946 February 9: *Theseus* commissioned
* 1946 February 17: *Pioneer* placed in reserve
* 1946 March 14: *Warrior* decommissioned
* 1946 May 6: *Triumph* commissioned
* 1946 May 17: *Perseus* placed in reserve
* 1946 August: *Colossus* decommissioned and transferred to France (as *Arromanches*)
* 1947 April: *Venerable* decommissioned to reserve
* 1948 April 1: *Venerable* transferred to the Netherlands (as *Karel Doorman*)
* 1948 November: *Warrior* acquired from Canada and recommissioned
* 1952 March: *Perseus* reactivated from reserve
* 1952 November 13: *Vengeance* transferred to Australia
* 1954 July 12: *Perseus* placed in reserve
* 1954 September: *Pioneer* disposed of from reserve
* 1955 October 25: *Vengeance* acquired from Australia and placed in reserve
* 1956: *Glory* placed in reserve
* 1956: *Triumph* placed in refit for conversion to a heavy repair ship
* 1956 December 14: *Vengeance* transferred to Brazil (as *Minas Gerais*)
* 1957: *Theseus* placed in reserve
* 1958: *Ocean* placed in reserve
* 1958 February: *Warrior* decommissioned and transferred to Argentina (as *Independencia*)
* 1958 May: *Perseus* scrapped
* 1960: *Ocean* decommissioned
* 1961: *Glory* scrapped
* 1962: *Theseus* scrapped
* 1965: *Triumph* reactivated from refit as a heavy repair ship
* 1975: *Triumph* placed in reserve
* 1981: *Triumph* scrapped