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HMS Indefatigable

HMS Indefatigable is documented as an ships within the WAR-CL-000199 roster.

R10 · Implacable classRoyal NavyWorld War IIVerified subject image
British aircraft carrier HMS INDEFATIGABLE underway at sea.
British aircraft carrier HMS INDEFATIGABLE underway at sea.This photograph A26496 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01) · Public domainImage source
Hull / pennantR10
ClassImplacable class
NavyRoyal Navy
CountryUnited Kingdom
Builder / shipyardJohn Brown, Clydebank
Completed1944
Recorded statusScrapped

What is known about this ship

HMS Indefatigable is documented as an ships within the WAR-CL-000199 roster.

Service history

Source-recorded disposition: stricken 1956.

Class context: Implacable class

The Implacable class was a two-ship development of the British armored-deck fleet-carrier concept.

Later service and disposition

stricken 1956.

This ship is recorded as a member of Implacable class. Shared design history belongs on the class page; this page concentrates on the individual hull where evidence is available.

Sources and further reading

  1. IMPLACABLE aircraft carriers (1944) ↗Navypedia · accessed 2026-09-18
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922–1946Conway Maritime Press
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