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    HMAS Melbourne (R21) was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1955 until 1982, and was the third and...
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  • HMAS Melbourne, after Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria. HMAS Melbourne (1912), a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1912 HMAS Melbourne (R21)...
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  • Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company HMAS Melbourne (1912), a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1912 HMAS Melbourne (R21), a Majestic-class light aircraft...
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  • R21, R-21 or R.21 may refer to: R-21 (missile), a Soviet submarine-launched ballistic missile HMAS Melbourne (R21), an aircraft carrier of the Royal Australian...
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    The Melbourne–Evans collision was a collision between the light aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the destroyer USS Frank...
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    Construction was protracted due to work on the higher-priority HMAS Melbourne (R21) and major design revisions. The ship was launched in 1953 only to...
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    aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (R21), which took part in the exercise in the Coral Sea, before returning to Sydney. In October 1976, Melbourne participated...
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    following the collision at sea between USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) and HMAS Melbourne (R21). By the end of the decade the squadron had transitioned to the SH-3D...
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    Evans (DD-754) which had collided with the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (R21). Evans had been cut in two and only the stern section was afloat...
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    The Royal Australian Navy decommissions its last aircraft carrier, HMAS Melbourne (R21). A Sri Lankan man hijacks an Alitalia Boeing 747-243B with 260 people...
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    AN/SPN-46A/B. It remains in use on the Wasp class and America class today. HMAS Melbourne (R21) Príncipe de Asturias(426) HMS Ark Royal (R09) Ship classes known...
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    fleet carriers: HMAS Sydney: Majestic class carrier in service from 1948 to 1958. Later recommissioned as troop transport HMAS Melbourne: Majestic class...
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