1
9
4 4
December
Commissioned for trials.
16th
Build completion and began acceptance
trials
1
9 4 5
January
Completed acceptance trials.
to
Commissioned for
service.
April
Embarked aircraft
Worked-up for
service with Home Fleet ships.
May
Nominated for service in
British Pacific Fleet with HM Light
Fleet Carriers GLORY,
VENGEANCE and
VENERABLE in 11th Aircraft Carrier
Squadron.
(Note: Fleet
Air Arm Squadrons 827 and 1846
allocated.)
June
Prepared for foreign
service and took passage to
join BPF
July
On
passage via Mediterranean to join
Fleet in Australia.
August
Joined Fleet at Sydney.
15th
Reverted to RN control after cessation
of hostilities with Japan.
Joined Task
Force 111 with HM Cruisers BERMUDA and
ARGONAUT,
HM Destroyers
TYRIAN, TUMULT and QUIBERON (RAN) as
Task Unit 111.3.
(Note: After
VJ Day American CORSAIR aircraft
provided by US
on Lease Lend
were disposed
of by ditching in the sea. The loss of
such
valuable resources
is beyond
explanation.)
September
Passage with TU 111.3 to assist in
repatriation of POW and allied
nationals.
Nominated for
service at Shangahi
with
Task Unit. Squadrons
disembarked.
3rd
Sailed from Leyte.
6th
Arrived at Kirun,
Formosa.
Nominated for
transport of Prisoners of War from Korea
to Manila.
(Note:
Passengers may have included civilian
internees as
well as PoW.
These were
collectively known as RAPWI - Returning
Allied PoW
and
Internees. See Note below re
accommodation.)
Passage to Formosa.
8th
Embarked personnel for repatriation
(Note: Source
states port in Korea was JENSON. This
cannot be identified.
Alternative of PUSAN is suggested.)
October
Passage from Korea to Manila.
4th
Disembarked passengers and took passage
to Hong Kong on
completion.
8th
At Hong Kong
Passage to Colombo
for service as troop transport.
26th
At Colombo.
November
Passage to Bombay
4th
Disembarked military personnel for
passage to Singapore.
14th
Military personnel disembarked at
Singapore and on completion took passage
to Ceylon for
further trooping duties.
20th
At Trincomalee.
December
Passage to Colombo to embark military
personnel.
3rd
Took passage from Colombo to Singapore
with military personnel
8th
Disembarked troops at Singapore.
Nominated for
collection of RAPWI from Java.
(Note: About
900 Passengers were carried and
accommodated in
Hangar and on
Mess decks used
by Fleet Air Arm personnel when
embarked.)
10th
Embarked RAPWI at Batavia for passage to
Colombo
18th
RAPWI disembarked at Colombo.
(Note:
Additional RAPWI were embarked at Semarang,
Java during passage.
1
9 4 6
January
Nominated for refit in HM
Dockyard, Simonstown.
Took passage
with call at Durban on 13th
Arrived at Simonstown
and taken in hand for refit.
February
Under
refit.
to
Nominated for
reduction to Reserve in UK on
completion.
March
April
Post refit harbour trials
13th
Refit work completed.
May
Took passage to Portsmouth
June
Arrived at Portsmouth and destored.
July
Paid off into Reserve.