Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Graf Zeppelin — Hitler’s Aircraft Carrier” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/german-aircraft-carrier-graf-zeppelin/.
Graf Zeppelin — Hitler’s Aircraft Carrier
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The author missed a couple other countries that have operated aircraft carriers post WW2, notably the same ship, albeit renamed.
The Netherlands operated an aircraft carrier, the HNLMS Karel Doorman (a former Brit Colossus-Class, HMS Venerable) from 1948 to 1968...
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...after which it was sold to Argentina and renamed the ARA Veinticinco de Mayo that was infamously involved in the 1982 Falklands War, against the UK who was the first and former owner.
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The Argentine Navy had already operated a carrier, the ARA Independencia, also a former UK Colossus Class; however, Independencia's catapult was not powerful enough to launch jet aircraft, while Veinticinco de Mayo had had a much more powerful catapult fitted during the Dutch rebuild. Independencia was decommissioned in 1970, leaving Veinticinco de Mayo as the sole remaining carrier in the Argentine fleet.
The Netherlands operated an aircraft carrier, the HNLMS Karel Doorman (a former Brit Colossus-Class, HMS Venerable) from 1948 to 1968...
HNLMS Karel Doorman (R81) - Wikipedia
...after which it was sold to Argentina and renamed the ARA Veinticinco de Mayo that was infamously involved in the 1982 Falklands War, against the UK who was the first and former owner.
ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2) - Wikipedia
The Argentine Navy had already operated a carrier, the ARA Independencia, also a former UK Colossus Class; however, Independencia's catapult was not powerful enough to launch jet aircraft, while Veinticinco de Mayo had had a much more powerful catapult fitted during the Dutch rebuild. Independencia was decommissioned in 1970, leaving Veinticinco de Mayo as the sole remaining carrier in the Argentine fleet.