KAREL DOORMAN aircraft carrier

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HNLMS KAREL DOORMAN (R81) aircraft carrier 1942
The aircraft carrier was laid down on December 3, 1942, as HMS VENERABLE (R63) at Cammell, Laird & Company in Birkenhead and was launched on December 30, 1943. On January 17, 1945, he was put into service with the Royal Navy as the third carrier of the new class.
On April 1, 1948, the VENERABLE was sold to the Dutch Navy. This was named the ship, which was put into service on May 28, 1948, after Rear Admiral Karel Doorman, fell on February 27, 1942, during the Battle of the Java Sea. The aircraft carrier HNLMS KAREL DOORMAN was in service with the Dutch Navy from 1948 to 1968. He is best known for his trip to New Guinea in 1960 to emphasize Dutch intentions to defend Dutch New Guinea possessions. The voyage is considered one of the few examples of Dutch gunboat policy. After a fire in the machinery in 1968, the carrier was discarded because the repair costs were too high for the planned service life.
Completed in 1945 as the British HMS VENERABLE (R63), the aircraft carrier took part in the repossession of the Crown Colony of Hong Kong in the summer of 1945. Until the beginning of 1947, the carrier was primarily used as a transporter in the Far East.
Acquired by Argentina in 1968 and then repaired in the Netherlands, it was used as VEINTICINCO DE MAYO (V-2) in 1982 against the Royal Navy in the Falklands War.

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