HMS Warrior (R31)

HMS Warrior near Gibraltar
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Warrior
Builder	Harland and Wolff
Laid down	12 December 1942
Launched	20 May 1944
Commissioned	2 April 1945
Identification	Pennant number: R31
Fate	Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy
Canada
Name	HMCS Warrior
Commissioned	14 March 1946
Decommissioned	23 March 1948
Motto	"Haul together"[1]
Fate	Returned to Royal Navy
Badge	Azure, the head and shoulders of a Viking proper wearing the typical Viking helmet argent, wings or, coat of mail argent trimmed or[1]
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Warrior
Commissioned	November 1948
Decommissioned	February 1958
Fate	Sold to Argentina in 1958
Argentina
Name	ARA Independencia
Commissioned	8 July 1959
Decommissioned	1970
Identification	Pennant number: V-1
Fate	Scrapped in Argentina in 1971
General characteristics as built
Class and type	Colossus-class aircraft carrier
Displacement	18,300 long tons (18,600 t)
Length	630 ft 0 in (192.0 m) pp 695 ft 0 in (211.8 m) oa
Beam	80 ft 0 in (24.4 m)
Draught	23 ft 3 in (7.1 m)
Propulsion	4 × Admiralty 3-drum type boilers 2 × screw 2 × Parsons geared turbines 40,000 shp (30 MW)
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h)
Range	12,000 nmi (22,224 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
Complement	1,300 (max)
Armament	4 × twin 40 mm Bofors guns 20 × single 40 mm Bofors guns

HMS Warrior was a Colossus-class light aircraft carrier which was ordered in 1942 by the British Royal Navy during World War II. Construction was finished in 1945 and upon completion, the aircraft carrier was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy from 1946 to 1948 as HMCS Warrior. Warrior was returned to the Royal Navy in 1948 and entered service with the British. While in service with the Royal Navy, Warrior was modernised twice, including the installation of an angled flight deck in 1956. In 1948–1949, the ship was used in aircraft landing experiments and fitted with a rubber flight deck and in 1957, was used as the headquarters ship during nuclear testing at Christmas Island. In 1958, the vessel was sold to the Argentine Navy and entered Argentine service in 1959 as ARA Independencia. The aircraft carrier remained in service until 1970 when Independencia was placed in reserve. The following year, the ship was sold for scrap.