2차 대전 기간 중인 1943년 4월 15일에 건조를 시작해서, 1945년 2울 28일 진수가 된 영국 해군의 항모 HMS MAJESTIC을 호주가 1949년에 구입해서 1955년까지 현대화 개수를 거쳐 1955년 10월 28일 HMAS Melbourne 로 이름을 바꿔서 취역시켰다고 합니다..


이 HMAS Melbourne호는 26년 동안 호주 해군의 기함으로 활약하다가..
1982년 6월 30일 퇴역하게 됩니다. 그리고 1985년 짱깨국 China United Shipbuilding Company 에 팔립니다..
1찬 4백만 호주 달러에 고철용으로...

Carrier name HMS Majestic. Sold as HMAS Melbourne (Australia)
Class Majestic Class
Type Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier
Ships in Class Majestic, Terrible, Magnificent, Powerful, Leviathan, Hercules
Launched Laid down 15 April 1943. Launched 28 Feb 1945. Construction suspended 1945. Sold to Australia Completed 1955. Commissioned 28 October 1955.
Tonnage Displacement: 14,224 tons standard ; 18,085 tons full load
Engines Propulsion: Steam Turbines (4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines), 40,000 shp.
Speed in Knots Speed: 25 knots
Armament 25x40 mm Bofors AA
Crew Complement 1100 (including air group)
Range Range: 12,000 nmiles at 14 knots
Length (ft/inches) Dimensions: 630 pp, 650 wl, 695 oa x 80 x 23.5 feet
Beam (ft/inches) 80 feet 2 inches
Draught (ft/inches) 25 feet 5 inches
Flight Deck length (ft/inches) 690 feet 8 inches
Flight Deck width (ft/inches)
Armour
Number of aircraft carried 37
Fate of carrier Paid off 1983. Broken up 1985
Notes Originally part of the Colossus class, these last six ships were completed to a slightly modified design more suited to operating heavier aircraft. None commissioned into the Royal Navy, all but one being sold.