HNLMS Karel Doorman (R81)
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HNLMS Karel Doorman
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 United Kingdom
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| 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
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| Name: | HNLMS Karel Doorman |
| Namesake: | Karel Doorman |
| Acquired: | 1 April 1948 |
| Commissioned: | 28 May 1948 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 April 1968 |
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| Identification: | R81 |
| Fate: | Sold to Argentina, 15 October 1968 |
 Argentina
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| Speed: | 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Complement: | 1,300 |
| Armament: | 12 x 40 mm AA guns |
HNLMS Karel Doorman (R81) was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Formerly the British ship HMS Venerable, she was sold to the Netherlands in 1948 as a light attack carrier. In 1960, she was involved in the decolonization conflict in Western New Guinea with Indonesia. In the mid 1960s the role was changed to anti-submarine warfare carrier and only ASW aircraft and helicopters were carried. An engine room fire took her out of service in 1968. She was sold to Argentina in 1969 and renamed ARA Veinticinco de Mayo.
Built at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead on 3 December 1942, Venerable was launched just over a year later and commissioned on 17 January 1945.
In 1948, Venerable's short career in the Royal Navy came to an end when she was sold to the Netherlands and recommissioned as HNLMS Karel Doorman, replacing a smaller Nairana-class escort carrier of the same name while in Dutch service.
In 1955-58 she was rebuilt with an 8° angled flight deck, new elevators, new island, 40 mm anti-aircraft guns, steam catapult, and all new aviation facilities and electronics were fitted, including a Dutch-built new radar. At the same time, a similar Dutch rebuild was done to her sister ship, the Brazilian aircraft carrier Minas Gerais.
Karel Doorman, frigate Johan Maurits van Nassau, and light cruiser Jacob van Heemskerck made a voyage to the Netherlands Antilles on 2 January 1950. Embarked on Karel Doorman was Prince Bernhard. The ships returned to the Netherlands on 4 May.
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