[Pileggicam]

Career (Australia (RAN))
Namesake: City of Melbourne
Ordered: 1943
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs
Laid down: 15 April 1943
Launched: 28 February 1945 as HMS Majestic
Christened: 26 October 1955 as HMAS Majestic
Commissioned: 28 October 1955 as HMAS Melbourne
Decommissioned: 30 May 1982
Motto: Vires Acquirit Eundo
Latin: "She Gathers Strength As She Goes"
Fate: Sold to China for scrap in 1985. Studied as part of a PLAN project to develop an aircraft carrier.
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General characteristics
Class and type: Modified Majestic class light aircraft carrier
Displacement: Standard: 15,740 long tons (17,630 short tons)
Full load: 20,000 long tons (22,000 short tons)
Length: 213.97 metres (702 ft) overall
Increased by 2.43 metres (8 ft) in 1969
Beam: 24.38 metres (80 ft)
Draught: 7.62 metres (25 ft)
Propulsion: Two Parsons single-reduction geared turbine sets; four Admiralty 3-drum type boilers; two screws; 40,000 shp
Speed: 24 knots (28 mph; 44 km/h)
Range: 12,000 nautical miles (14,000 mi; 22,000 km) at 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h)
6,200 nautical miles (7,100 mi; 11,500 km) at 23 knots (26 mph; 43 km/h)
Complement: 1,350, including 350 Air Group personnel
Sensors and
processing systems: Radar:
1955