{"product_id":"hms-venerable-r63-colossus-class-aircraft-carrier-1945-photo-print","title":"HMS Venerable R63 Colossus Class Aircraft Carrier 1945 Photo Print","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"HMS Venerable Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/search?q=%22hms+venerable%22\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\"\u003eHMS Venerable\u003c\/a\u003e (R63), 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, steams at speed across a dark, rippled sea in 1945, seen from the air off her port bow with a long white bow wave curling away along her side. Two Fairey Barracuda torpedo bombers of the Fleet Air Arm are ranged near the after end of her flight deck with a few of her crew nearby, and her island and tall lattice mast rise on the far side of the deck.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBuilt by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead in just 25 months, Venerable was launched in December 1943 and commissioned in January 1945, then sailed for the Pacific with the 11th Aircraft Carrier Squadron. She arrived as the war ended and joined the force sent to take back Hong Kong, where on 31 August 1945 her \u003ca title=\"Royal Navy Aircraft Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/collections\/royal-navy-aircraft-photo-prints\"\u003eaircraft\u003c\/a\u003e attacked Japanese suicide boats and her landing parties helped restore British rule. Sold to the Netherlands in 1948 as HNLMS Karel Doorman, she later went to Argentina as ARA Veinticinco de Mayo and put to sea against the British task force in the Falklands War of 1982.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou can read more about the history of HMS Venerable \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/blogs\/royal-navy-warship-and-submarine-classes-complete-guide\/hms-venerable-r63-the-carrier-that-ended-up-in-the-falklands-war-just-not-on-britains-side\" title=\"HMS Venerable History\"\u003eHERE\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis print is ideal for Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm veterans, British Pacific Fleet families and anyone with a connection to HMS Venerable (R63).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage Taken: 1945\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhotographer: Royal Navy official photographer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e© Public Domain - 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