The Centaur class aircraft carrier was the final iteration of the 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier developed by the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. They were designed in
HMS Centaur in 1965
HMS Eagle, HMS Bulwark and HMS Albion during the Suez Crisis.
HMS Centaur (R06)
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HMS Centaur was the first of the four Centaur-class light fleet carriers of the Royal Navy. She was the only ship of her class to be completed with the original design configuration of a straight axia
Centaur-class aircraft carrier
…in 1943. It quickly became apparent that wartime demands on shipyard capacity made it impossible to complete the ships in 1946. Only three - Albion, Centaur, Elephant - started construction in 1944; Bulwark started in 1945; the remainder were cancelled on 15 October 1945 with Elephant being renamed Hermes…
HMS Centaur on the river Elbe near Hamburg in the 1960s
Centaur in 1955
HMS Centaur leaving Portsmouth on July 19th 1954 heading to the Mediterranean.
HMS Centaur in the Mediterranean sea September 10, 1954