HMS Victorious (38)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Victorious
- Type
- Aircraft Carrier
- Class
- Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- Pennant Number
- 38
- Launched
- 1939
- Built at
- Vickers-Armstrong
- Commissioned
- 1941
- Armament
- Carrier air group
- Propulsion
- Steam turbines
- Role
- Aircraft carrier
- Notable for
- Served in WWII and after
- Fate
- Scrapped in 1969
- Status
- Decommissioned
HMS Victorious was one of the most active British aircraft carriers of the mid-twentieth century, serving in WWII and the postwar period.