Dutch Carriers

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======================================================Gadila (4)=================================
Name    Gadila
Builder    Howaldtswerke, Kiel
Launched    1 December 1934
Honours and
awards    Atlantic convoys
Fate    Scrapped Hong Kong 1958
General characteristics
Tonnage    7,999 GRT
Length    
463 ft (141 m) pp
481 ft (147 m) oa
Beam    59 ft (18 m)
Draught    27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Propulsion    
Diesel
one shaft
4,000 bhp
Speed    13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement    100
Armament    
1 × 4 in (100 mm) gun
8 × 20 mm
Aircraft carried    Four Fairey Swordfish
===========================================Macoma (4)
Name    Macoma
Owner    Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell
Operator    Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell
Builder    Nederlandse Scheepsbouw Mij, Amsterdam
Launched    31 December 1935
Fate    Scrapped Hong Kong 1959
General characteristics
Tonnage    8,011 GRT
Length    463 ft (141 m) (pp) 481 ft (147 m) (oa)
Beam    59 ft (18 m)
Draught    27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Propulsion    
Diesel
one shaft
4,000 bhp
Speed    13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement    100
Armament    
1 × 4 in (100 mm)
8 × 20 mm
Aircraft carried    Four Fai
================================HNLMS Karel Doorman I (20)================
United Kingdom
Name    HMS Nairana
Builder    John Brown & Company
Laid down    7 November 1941[1]
Launched    20 May 1943[1]
Commissioned    12 December 1943[1]
Decommissioned    1946
Identification    Pennant number D05
Fate    Transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy
Netherlands
Name    HNLMS Karel Doorman
Namesake    Karel Doorman
Commissioned    23 March 1946[1]
Decommissioned    28 May 1948[1]
Fate    Returned to Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Name    Port Victor
Operator    Port Line
Acquired    1948
Fate    Scrapped 1971[1]
General characteristics
Class and type    Nairana-class escort carrier
Displacement    14,050 long tons (14,275 t)
Length    528 ft 6 in (161.09 m)
Beam    68 ft 6 in (20.88 m)
Draught    21 ft (6.4 m)
Installed power    11,000 hp (8,200 kW)
Propulsion    
2 × diesel engines
2 × screws
Speed    17 kn (20 mph; 31 km/h)
Complement    728
Armament    
2 × 4 in (100 mm) Mk XVI guns
16 × 2-pounder (40 mm (1.57 in)) "pom pom" anti-aircraft guns (4x4)
16 × 20 mm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft autocannons (8x2)
Aircraft carried    15–20
Aviation facilities    
Hangar; 231 ft × 61 ft (70 m × 19 m)
1 × lift; 45 ft × 34 ft (14 m × 10 m)
8 × arrester wires
=================================================HNLMS Karel Doorman 2 (50)================
Name    HMS Venerable
Ordered    7 August 1942
Builder    Cammell Laird
Yard number    1126
Laid down    3 December 1942
Launched    30 December 1943
Commissioned    27 November 1944
Decommissioned    April 1947
Identification    Pennant number R63
Fate    Sold to the Netherlands, 1 April 1948
Netherlands
Name    HNLMS Karel Doorman
Namesake    Karel Doorman
Acquired    1 April 1948
Commissioned    28 May 1948
Decommissioned    29 April 1968
Refit    
1955-1958
1965-1966
Identification    R81
Fate    Sold to Argentina, 15 October 1968
Argentina
Name    ARA Veinticinco de Mayo
Namesake    Date of the May Revolution
Acquired    15 October 1968
Commissioned    12 March 1969
Decommissioned    1997
Out of service    Inoperable by 1990
Refit    1969
Homeport    Puerto Belgrano Naval Base
Identification    V-2
Fate    Provided spare parts for Minas Gerais and remainder was scrapped in 2000
General characteristics
Class and type    Colossus-class aircraft carrier
Displacement    19,900 tons
Length    192 m (629 ft 11 in)
Beam    24.4 m (80 ft 1 in)
Draught    7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Installed power    40,000 shp (30 MW)
Propulsion    
4 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
2 × Parsons geared steam turbines
2 × propeller shafts
Speed    25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement    1,300
Armament    12 x Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun Anti-Aircraft guns