Photo taken Garden Island early 1980's.
Modified Majestic Class, Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier
Builder. Vickers Armstrong Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness, England
Laid Down 15 April 1943
Launched 28 February 1945
Commissioned 28 October 1955
Decommissioned 30 June 1982
Displacement 15 740 tons (standard) 20 000 tons (full load)
Length 701 feet 5 inches
Beam 80 feet 2 inches
Draught 25 feet 5 inches
She was the only British Commonwealth naval vessel to sink two friendly warships in peacetime collisions.