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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 82. Chapters: HMS Ocean, HMAS Sydney, HMS Royal Oak, HMS Warspite, HMS Indefatigable, HMS Hibernia, HMAS Hobart, HMS King Edward VII, HMS Dryad, INS Dakar, HMS Bulwark, HMS Queen, HMS Russell, HMS Britomart, HMS Montagu, HMS Circe, HMS Collingwood, HMS Exeter, HMS Royal Sovereign, HMS Implacable, HMS Gloucester, HMAS Encounter, HMS Birmingham, HMS Plymouth, HMS Totem, HMS Astraea, HMS Anson, HMAS Psyche, HMS Philomel, HMS Sappho, HMS Defence, HMS Aberdeen, HMS Orion, HMS Durban, HMS Trinidad, HMNZS Leander, HMS Centurion, HMS Aurora, HMS Algerine, HMS Hyacinth, HMS Danae, HMS Condor, HMS Icarus, HMS Cornwall, HMS Temeraire, HMS Tartar, HMS Hussar, HMS Halcyon, HMS Harrier, HMS J5, HMS Truncheon, HMS Pallas, HMS Pegasus, HMS Thule, HMS Racer, HMS Albion, HMS Minotaur, HMS Thetis, HMS Royalist, HMS Tudor, HMS St Albans, HMS Seagull, HMS Reindeer, HMS Britannia, HMS St. Vincent, HMS J7, HMS Mariner, HMS Liverpool, HMS Pelorus, HMS Unicorn, HMS Rapid, HMS Winchester, HMS Pique, HMS Racoon, HMS Falcon, HMS Hermione, HMS Bramble, HMS Hebe, HMS Iris, HMS Guadeloupe, HMS Nile, HMS Edgar, HMS Brunswick, HMS Royal Adelaide, HMS St George, HMS Menelaus, HMS Miranda, HMS Nisus, HMS Monmouth, HMS Hindustan, HMS Agincourt, HMS Sapphire, SMS Thetis. Excerpt: HMAS Sydney (R17/A214/P241/L134) was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was built for the Royal Navy and launched as HMS Terrible (R93) in 1944, but was not completed before the end of World War II. The carrier was sold to Australia in 1947, completed, and commissioned into the RAN as Sydney in 1948. Sydney was the first of three conventional aircraft carriers to serve in the RAN, and operated as the navy's flagship during the early part of her career. From late 1951 to early 1952, she operated off the coast of Korea during the Korean Wa...