{"product_id":"hms-perseus-r51-colossus-class-aircraft-carrier-1945-photo-print","title":"HMS Perseus R51 Colossus Class Aircraft Carrier 1945 Photo Print","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"HMS Perseus Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/search?q=%22hms+perseus%22\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\"\u003eHMS Perseus\u003c\/a\u003e (R51), a Royal Navy \u003ca title=\"Royal Navy Colossus Class Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/collections\/royal-navy-colossus-class-aircraft-carriers-photo-prints\"\u003eColossus Class\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca title=\"Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/collections\/royal-navy-aircraft-carrier-photo-prints\"\u003eaircraft carrier\u003c\/a\u003e, lies at anchor on a choppy grey sea in 1945, newly completed, seen from off her port bow in a pale two-tone paint scheme with a darker lower hull. Her small island and lattice mast rise above a flight deck lined with deckhouses and workshop structures from her completion as an \u003ca title=\"Royal Navy Aircraft Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/collections\/royal-navy-aircraft-photo-prints\"\u003eaircraft\u003c\/a\u003e maintenance carrier, with boats stowed along her side under an overcast sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOrdered from Vickers-Armstrongs on the Tyne as HMS Edgar, she was renamed Perseus in July 1944 when she was earmarked as an aircraft maintenance ship, and was completed on 19th October 1945, too late for the war. After a voyage to Australia she went into reserve, but in 1950 she was fitted with the experimental steam catapult, making about 1,560 launches with dead loads, unmanned aircraft and every type of Fleet Air Arm aircraft, and in January 1952 she crossed to Philadelphia to demonstrate it to the US Navy. Converted to a ferry carrier, she took 848 Squadron’s Whirlwind helicopters to Singapore, and after plans to make her a \u003ca title=\"Royal Navy Submarines Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/collections\/royal-navy-submarine-photo-prints\"\u003esubmarine\u003c\/a\u003e depot ship were dropped in 1957, she was sold for scrap the following year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou can read more about the history of HMS Perseus \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/blogs\/royal-navy-warship-and-submarine-classes-complete-guide\/hms-perseus-r51-the-carrier-that-gave-the-worlds-navies-the-steam-catapult\" title=\"HMS Perseus History\"\u003eHERE\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis print is ideal for Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm veterans, aircraft engineers and anyone with a connection to HMS Perseus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage 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