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G'day all I just found this: "In 1943, eight 'Improved Majestics' were planned, but developments in carrier aviation and the rapid obsolescence of the Light Fleets and the wartime armoured carriers required a larger and more capable design, which became the four-ship Centaur class."...

We have a lot of British carrier threads, but I would like to explore the particular aspect of using Majestic/Colossus carriers as a possible implementation of the Escort Cruiser project - combining Harriers and Sea Slug/Sea Dart, possible reengine (as was proposed in full missile cruiser...

As said in the tin. Working from Wikipedia I managed to wrap my brain around the fate of the many Majestic / Colossus and the Navies that used them. There is a lot of waste and redundance there. 9 carriers for 7 countries ? -Whatif Argentina and Brazil bought "first hand" carriers ? -Never...

So the Dutch rebuilt Karel Doorman with an 8 degree angled deck and with 174ft BS4A steam catapult, how much further could a Majestic/Colossus Class be rebuilt after this? Can you? Make 1 or 2 of the centre lifts to the port edge making deck edge lifts, to increase hanger space? Replace the...

So what we want is for the Colossus to be Majestics, the Majestics to be Centaurs and the Implacables to be Audacious.....with Y300 type machinery and A/C electrics all round. :)

Two catapults is interesting idea. How would an aft deck edge lift go on a Majestic class? WIth High pressure boilers to increase steam capacity and speed makes the Majestic class sound like even better little carriers

Majestic eagle. Well done!

Centaurs were a better choice than Majestics for Commando carriers, they could carry a full 750 man Commando whereas a Majestic could only carry 450-500 troops. Apparently some thought and design effort was given to CVA01 being used as a Commando carrier.

I'm completely in awe, majestic work!

I have come to the conclusion that by the mid to late 80s the technology exists to produce an "Uber Majestic ". There's just one problem thier hulls are about to collapse from stress and old age. It might be more prudent to build a Majestic replacement carrier.

Actually, both ARA 25 de Mayo and MB Minas Gerais were Colossus sub-types. HMCS Bonaventure was a Majestic sub-type, so if anything slightly easier to adapt to fast jets.

The weight limit for the Colossus/Majestic lifts was 17,000lb.

Is it possible to go thst much of an angle on a Majestic? I think at least 1 got 8 degrees but most were 5.5.

Majestic missile cruiser conversion, the one that keeps the flight deck.

The Peach Plan with 2 Majestic CVs makes a lot of sense.

For what it's worth the original plan (which was during World War II) was to acquire 2 Colossus/Majestic class and AFAIK the RCN wanted a post-war fleet built around 2 Colossus/Majestic class aircraft carriers, 2 Colony/Swiftsure class cruisers, 7 Tribal class destroyers and 4 Emergency type...

Slightly aside, in Post-War Naval Revolution was a mention that in case of rearmament of the Majestics as missile cruisers, they would have to be reengined, doubling the HP and increasing speed towards 30 knots. However, if they kept their hangars and flight decks, reengined Majestics could've...

I'm sure no-one will be surprised by my preference for 2 Majestics... With an angled deck like Coral Sea, ~10.5 degrees.

Britain had 16 Colossus /Majestic 6 Illustrious 4 Centaurs and 2 Audacious : total 28 carriers.

So are we concluding here that the actual Super Tiger could operate off a Majestic?