Centaur Class Light Fleet Aircraft Carriers

Class Details

Ship Pennant Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned
Centaur R06 Harland & Wolff (Belfast) May 30th 1944 April 22nd 1947 September 1st 1953
Albion R07 Swan Hunter (Wallsend) March 22nd 1944 May 16th 1947 May 26th 1954
Bulwark R08 Harland & Wolff (Belfast) May 10th 1945 June 22nd 1948 November 4th 1954
Hermes R12 Vickers Armstrong (Barrow) June 21st 1944 February 16th 1953 November 25th 1959

HMS Hermes (R12)

Above: HMS Hermes (R12) seen as an Anti-Submarine Warfare Carrier, complete with 'ski jump'.(Defense Visual Information Centre).

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