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HMS Triumph (R16)
HMS Triumph was a Royal Navy Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier. She served in the Korean War and later, after reconstruction, as a support ship.
The Colossus class was a class of relatively small aircraft carriers which were designed to be built quickly to meet the Royal Navy's requirements for more carriers to allow it to fight a global war. In order to allow speedy build, they were designed to mercantile rather than navy hull standards, while armour protection and long-range anti-aircraft guns were not fitted. Sixteen ships were ordered by the end of 1942, but the last six were completed to a modified design as the Majestic-class.
Triumph was 695 feet 0 inches (211.84 m) long overall, 650 feet (198.12 m) at the waterline and 630 feet (192.02 m) between perpendiculars. Beam was 80 feet (24.38 m) and draught was 23 feet 6 inches (7.16 m) at deep load. Displacement was 13,190 long tons (13,400 t) standard and 18,040 long tons (18,330 t) deep load. Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers supplied steam to two sets of Parsons geared steam turbines which in turn drove two propeller shafts. The machinery was rated at 40,000 shaft horsepower (30,000 kW), giving a speed of 25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h). The ships had a range of 12,000 nautical miles (14,000 mi; 22,000 km) at a speed of 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h).
The flight deck was 690 feet (210.3 m) long and 80 feet (24.4 m) wide, while the hangar was 275 feet (83.8 m) long (with a 57 feet (17.4 m) extension aft of the rear lift), 52 feet (15.8 m) wide with a clear overhead height of 17 feet 6 inches (5.33 m). Two aircraft lifts (each 45 by 34 feet (14 m × 10 m) and with a capacity of 15,000 lb (6,800 kg) carried aircraft between the hangar and flight deck. A single BH3 catapult capable of propelling a 16,000-pound (7,300 kg) aircraft to a speed of 66 knots (76 mph; 122 km/h) was fitted. 42 aircraft could be carried. Triumph was fitted with a close-in anti-aircraft armament of six quadruple 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom autocannon and nineteen single Bofors 40-mm guns. Four 3-pounder (47 mm) saluting guns were also fitted.
Triumph was laid down during World War II on 27 January 1943 at Hawthorn Leslie and Company on the Tyne as Yard number 662. The relatively simple design meant that construction was relatively rapid and Triumph was launched by Lady Mountbatten on 2 October 1944. The ship was commissioned on 9 May 1946, as the ninth ship of that name to serve with the Royal Navy.
On commissioning, Triumph joined the Home Fleet, serving as trials and training carrier, without a dedicated air group. On 26 July 1946, Triumph, accompanied by the destroyer Rapid, visited the Soviet port of Kronstadt, near Leningrad, taking part in the Navy Day celebrations. On 14 August 1946, the Thames barge Beaumont Belle collided with Triumph at Sheerness. Beaumont Belle lost her mainmast but the carrier was undamaged. Triumph was refitted at Portsmouth from September to December 1946, and on 14 January 1947, the Fairey Fireflys of 827 Naval Air Squadron embarked, with the carrier leaving for Gibraltar the next day, arriving there on 18 January. At the end of January, Triumph left Gibraltar for the UK, carrying a suspected German war criminal. The carrier arrived at Glasgow on 5 February, disembarking her passenger, and embarking the Supermarine Seafires of 800 Naval Air Squadron. She left for the Mediterranean on 10 February, arriving at Malta on 16 February and joining the Mediterranean Fleet. In June–July 1948, Triumph was deployed off the coast of Israel to cover the withdrawal of British forces. On 23 March 1949, Triumph left Malta to return to Britain. She was paid off at Sheerness on 5 April 1949, but recommissioned with a new captain and ship's crew on 21 April.
In 1950, Triumph was on a cruise to Japan as part of the Far East Fleet. She was nearing Hong Kong when news reached Triumph and her accompanying ships of war breaking out in the Korean peninsula, forcing Triumph into a state of alert, including fully armed aircraft on deck. Triumph, escorted by the destroyer Cossack, who would also act as an escort to Triumph's sister ship Theseus, was refuelled and re-provisioned at the Royal Australian Naval base at Kure, Japan. The C-class destroyer Consort and the cruiser Jamaica, who would both have prominent roles during the Korean War, as well as the Australian River-class frigate Shoalhaven, and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker Wave Conqueror, joined Triumph as she left the base.
The following day, she and her escorts, headed for Okinawa, refuelling at the American base there. Then they proceeded to western Korean waters, where other Royal Navy warships were converging. At this time, she was the sole British carrier in the Far East. She was thus destined to have a vital role in the early months of the Korean War. After joining the US Fleet, 827 Naval Air Squadron, part of Triumph's air group, commenced operations with a number of Fireflies in the strike role, with 800 Naval Air Squadron providing fighter cover and secondary strike capability with their Seafires, a naval variant of the Spitfire.
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HMS Triumph (R16)
HMS Triumph was a Royal Navy Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier. She served in the Korean War and later, after reconstruction, as a support ship.
The Colossus class was a class of relatively small aircraft carriers which were designed to be built quickly to meet the Royal Navy's requirements for more carriers to allow it to fight a global war. In order to allow speedy build, they were designed to mercantile rather than navy hull standards, while armour protection and long-range anti-aircraft guns were not fitted. Sixteen ships were ordered by the end of 1942, but the last six were completed to a modified design as the Majestic-class.
Triumph was 695 feet 0 inches (211.84 m) long overall, 650 feet (198.12 m) at the waterline and 630 feet (192.02 m) between perpendiculars. Beam was 80 feet (24.38 m) and draught was 23 feet 6 inches (7.16 m) at deep load. Displacement was 13,190 long tons (13,400 t) standard and 18,040 long tons (18,330 t) deep load. Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers supplied steam to two sets of Parsons geared steam turbines which in turn drove two propeller shafts. The machinery was rated at 40,000 shaft horsepower (30,000 kW), giving a speed of 25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h). The ships had a range of 12,000 nautical miles (14,000 mi; 22,000 km) at a speed of 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h).
The flight deck was 690 feet (210.3 m) long and 80 feet (24.4 m) wide, while the hangar was 275 feet (83.8 m) long (with a 57 feet (17.4 m) extension aft of the rear lift), 52 feet (15.8 m) wide with a clear overhead height of 17 feet 6 inches (5.33 m). Two aircraft lifts (each 45 by 34 feet (14 m × 10 m) and with a capacity of 15,000 lb (6,800 kg) carried aircraft between the hangar and flight deck. A single BH3 catapult capable of propelling a 16,000-pound (7,300 kg) aircraft to a speed of 66 knots (76 mph; 122 km/h) was fitted. 42 aircraft could be carried. Triumph was fitted with a close-in anti-aircraft armament of six quadruple 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom autocannon and nineteen single Bofors 40-mm guns. Four 3-pounder (47 mm) saluting guns were also fitted.
Triumph was laid down during World War II on 27 January 1943 at Hawthorn Leslie and Company on the Tyne as Yard number 662. The relatively simple design meant that construction was relatively rapid and Triumph was launched by Lady Mountbatten on 2 October 1944. The ship was commissioned on 9 May 1946, as the ninth ship of that name to serve with the Royal Navy.
On commissioning, Triumph joined the Home Fleet, serving as trials and training carrier, without a dedicated air group. On 26 July 1946, Triumph, accompanied by the destroyer Rapid, visited the Soviet port of Kronstadt, near Leningrad, taking part in the Navy Day celebrations. On 14 August 1946, the Thames barge Beaumont Belle collided with Triumph at Sheerness. Beaumont Belle lost her mainmast but the carrier was undamaged. Triumph was refitted at Portsmouth from September to December 1946, and on 14 January 1947, the Fairey Fireflys of 827 Naval Air Squadron embarked, with the carrier leaving for Gibraltar the next day, arriving there on 18 January. At the end of January, Triumph left Gibraltar for the UK, carrying a suspected German war criminal. The carrier arrived at Glasgow on 5 February, disembarking her passenger, and embarking the Supermarine Seafires of 800 Naval Air Squadron. She left for the Mediterranean on 10 February, arriving at Malta on 16 February and joining the Mediterranean Fleet. In June–July 1948, Triumph was deployed off the coast of Israel to cover the withdrawal of British forces. On 23 March 1949, Triumph left Malta to return to Britain. She was paid off at Sheerness on 5 April 1949, but recommissioned with a new captain and ship's crew on 21 April.
In 1950, Triumph was on a cruise to Japan as part of the Far East Fleet. She was nearing Hong Kong when news reached Triumph and her accompanying ships of war breaking out in the Korean peninsula, forcing Triumph into a state of alert, including fully armed aircraft on deck. Triumph, escorted by the destroyer Cossack, who would also act as an escort to Triumph's sister ship Theseus, was refuelled and re-provisioned at the Royal Australian Naval base at Kure, Japan. The C-class destroyer Consort and the cruiser Jamaica, who would both have prominent roles during the Korean War, as well as the Australian River-class frigate Shoalhaven, and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker Wave Conqueror, joined Triumph as she left the base.
The following day, she and her escorts, headed for Okinawa, refuelling at the American base there. Then they proceeded to western Korean waters, where other Royal Navy warships were converging. At this time, she was the sole British carrier in the Far East. She was thus destined to have a vital role in the early months of the Korean War. After joining the US Fleet, 827 Naval Air Squadron, part of Triumph's air group, commenced operations with a number of Fireflies in the strike role, with 800 Naval Air Squadron providing fighter cover and secondary strike capability with their Seafires, a naval variant of the Spitfire.
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