With reference to the letter from J. B. Kinneir (SM, March), the RN Colossus class aircraft carrier HMS Warrior (built at Harland and Wolff Belfast 1942-44) was sold to Argentina in 1958 and became Independencia, operating piston engine aircraft which were sold to Argentina by the USA, She continued in service until 1971. Interestingly, she was replaced in Argentine service by another RN Colossus class aircraft carrier, ex-HMS Venerable, named Vincente De Mayo, in Argentine service. Warrior had been in the service of the RCN on loan as HMCS Warrior from March 1946 to 1948, when she was returned to the Royal Navy, She saw frontline and other service (as a transport) with other RN and RAN aircraft carriers in the Korean War. She took part in the British nuclear test programme at Christmas Island in 1957, before being sold to Argentina the following year.
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机译：参照JB Kinneir（3月，SM）的来信，RN巨像级航母HMS战士（在Harland和Wolff Belfast建造，1942-44年）于1958年出售给阿根廷，并成为独立经营的活塞发动机飞机，并出售她由美国飞往阿根廷，一直服役至1971年。有趣的是，她被另一架RN巨像级航空母舰，前HMS尊贵级航空母舰Vincente De Mayo取代，担任阿根廷公务。从1946年3月到1948年，Warrior以HMCS Warrior的身份租借给RCN，当她返回皇家海军时，她看到了朝鲜其他RN和RAN航空母舰的前线和其他服务（作为运输）战争。她于1957年参加了圣诞节岛的英国核试验计划，然后于次年出售给阿根廷。
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