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FLIGHT, 23 April 1954 Air Power at Sea H.M.S. OCEAN An 80 gun French warship, captured in 1769, was immediately re-named H.M.S Ocean, but being found crippled and unseaworthy her captors des troyed her by fire without delay. The 5 th ship of the same name is the Light Fleet Carrier, commissioned in 1945. Ocean completed two tours of duty in Korea. The Boyd Trophy, awarded annually for the most outstanding feat of aviation in the Navy, was won by Squadrons 802 and 805 embarked in Ocean in 1952. In 79 days of flying the average daily sortie rate was 76.3. Before her foreign service, this already famous ship was one of the Navy's principal trials carriers: she was the first British ship to fly off jet aircraft, heralding the con version of the Fleet Air Arm to turbine-powered aircraft such as the anti-submarine Faircy Gannet. Crown copyright ofilie badge of H.MS. Ocean is reserved and reproduction is made by permission of the Admiralty and H.M. Stationery Office. FAIREY Powered by an Armstrong Siddeley " Double Mamba " GANNET THE FAIREY AVIATION COMPANY LIMITED HAYES MIDDLESEX
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