HMS Warrior (R31) port side c1957
Summary
The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Warrior (R31). The photo was taken circa in 1957, as Warrior wears the deck code "J" which had been assigned to HMS Eagle (R05) from 1951 to late 1956. Eagle then received the new deck code "E", whereas deck code "J" was assigned to the newly refitted Warrior. The carrier was decommissioned in February 1958 and was sold to Argentina in the summer 1958. She was renamed ARA Independencia (V-1) and served until 1970.
Tags
Date
1951
Source
U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation
Copyright info
public domain