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In that case it's the Minas Gerais, originally HMS Vengeance September 13 2009 at 10:47 PM		(Login chrishallpingu) HyperScale Forums from IP address 86.165.178.27
Response to the foto was taken in the 60's or 70's: so....nt

a Collossus=class carrier of the Royal Navy (though she sent much of her service life, before being transferred to the Brazilian Navy, serving with the Royal Australian Navy. Transferred to the Brazilian Navy in 1956, she was refitted with a steam catapult, angled flight deck, redesigned island and improved radar. She was decommissioned in 2001, and sold for scrap, being replaced by the Foch in 2004. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAeL_Minas_Gerais Cheers, Chris.

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you are correct sir - john c fields on Sep 14, 2009, 12:00 AM

Isn't that the carrier... - Shuey, William on Sep 14, 2009, 2:50 PM

Sadly, the ship's stuffed full of asbestos. You'd have a - Chris Hall on Sep 19, 2009, 1:10 PM

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