List of ship decommissionings in 1952
The list of ship decommissionings in 1952 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1952.
Operator | Ship | Class and type | Fate | Other notes | |
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November 13 | ![]() | Vengeance | Colossus-class aircraft carrier | Scrapped | Leased to Australia in 1952, sold to Brazil in 1956, decommissioned in 2001,[1] scrapped in India in 2004[2] |
Date uncertain | ![]() | Meredith Victory | Victory ship-class cargo ship | Scrapped | Decommissioned in 1952,[3] scrapped in China in 1993[4] |
Date uncertain | ![]() | Kriezis | Flower-class corvette | Scrapped | Decommissioned in 1952, scrapped in 1953[5] |
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- ^ "Royal Australian Navy's "borrowed" aircraft carrier". Naval Daily. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
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- ^ Hyun-Cheol, Rah (19 July 2017). "Humanitarian victory". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ Pantry, Lindsay (3 November 2013). "Hunt is on to find Mirfield's warship's nameplate". Mirfield Reporter. Retrieved 11 September 2018.