[ 886 ] 1952-1955 era HMAS VENGEANCE Aircraft Carrier Ships Tally Band

Description

an original c.1952-1955 era Royal Australian Navy or RAN

HMAS VENGEANCE Aircraft Carrier

Ships Tally Band.

a BeVo weave or machine stitched design with Gold lettering on a

Black material tally band.

Size- 86cm long.

in Very Good used condition and sold as is.Note that it has some glue residue on one

end of the tallyand near the end of the other. This can be removed with out much

effort.Sold as found.

a Very Rare RAN Ships Tally band

HMS Vengeance (R71) was a Colossus-class light aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy during World War II.

The carrier served in three navies during her career: the Royal Navy, the Royal Australian Navy

(as HMAS Vengeance, from 1952 to 1955), and the Brazilian Navy (as NAeL Minas Gerais, from 1956 to 2001).

Constructed during World War II, Vengeance was one of the few ships in her class to be completed before the war's end,

but she did not see active service. The ship spent the next few years as an aircraft transport and training carrier

before she was sent on an experimental cruise to learn how well ships and personnel could function in extreme Arctic conditions.

In late 1952, Vengeance was loaned to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) as a replacement for the delayed aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne.

She remained in Australian waters, operating as an aircraft carrier and training ship, for the majority of her three-year loan, and was returned to the Royal Navy (RN) in August 1955.

Instead of returning to RN service, the carrier was sold in 1956 to Brazil, and entered service after major upgrades,

which allowed the ship to operate jet aircraft. Renamed Minas Gerais, the carrier remained in operation until 2001.

Several attempts were made to sell the ship, including a listing on eBay, before she was sold for scrap and taken to Alang for breaking up.