File:HMAS Melbourne (R21) underway at sea on 13 December 1955.jpg

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Description The Royal Australian Navy aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (R21) underway at sea on 13 December 1955. Melbourne was built at Vickers Armstrong Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness, England (UK) and commissoned on 28 October 1955. She sailed for Australia on 11 March 1956.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH 50496 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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