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HMS Vindex 

1943 Nairana-class escort carrier
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Instance of	escort carrier
Operator	Royal Navy
Vessel class	Nairana-class escort carrier
Service entry	1943
Significant event	ship commissioning (1943) ship launching (1943) keel laying (2012)
Different from	HMS Vindex
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Ship edit

• Type: Nairana Class aircraft carrier, converted to refrigerated cargo ship
• Built by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend
• Yard No: 1667
• Keel laid: 1942.07.02
• Launched: 1943.05.04
• Completed: 1943.11.15
• Length over all: 503.8 ft
• Beam: 68.3 ft
• GRT: 13445, later 10489
• DWT: 16830, later 11080
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History edit

• 1942 Laid down as Port Sydney; Flag: United Kingdom
• 1942.10.20 Taken over by Admiralty for conversion to aircraft carrier
• 1943 Named HMS Vindex (D15)
  • Official number: 183031
• 1947 Renamed Port Vindex; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Port: London
  • Owner: Port Line Ltd, London
  • Converted to refrigerated cargo ship, Jarrow, yard #1783, completed 1949.06.02
• 1971.08.23 Broken up at Kaohsiung by Zui Fat Steel & Iron Co