Arromanches (R95)

Arromanches som brittiska HMS Colossus utanför Shanghai, 1945.

Arromanches (R95) var ett hangarfartyg i franska flottan som tjänstgjorde mellan 1946 och 1974. Tidigare var hon HMS Colossus (R15) i brittiska Royal Navy. Hon var typfartyget i Colossus bestående av lätta hangarfartyg. Hon togs i tjänst 1944 men deltog inte i några strider under andra världskriget. Hon tjänstgjorde med brittiska Stillahavsflottan 1945–46 som ett flygplanstransport- och hemtransportfartyg.

År 1946 överfördes hon till franska flottan och namnändrades till Arromanches. Hon deltog i Indokinakriget mellan 1948 och 1954 och Suezkrisen 1956. År 1968 konverterades hon till ett ubåtsjakthangarfartyg (ASW). Hon utrangerades 1974 och höggs upp 1978.

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Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg
Marine Nationale and French merchant ensign. Used from 1794 to 1814/1815, and from 1848 to present.
Notice that its proportions differ from those of the French civil flag. (ensign : 30:33:37, civil : 1/3,1/3,1/3)
Naval Ensign of Canada.svg
The current naval ensign of Canada, since 2013. It was previously the Canadian naval jack from 1968 to 2013.
Naval Ensign of India.svg
The ensign consists of the Indian national flag on the upper canton, a blue octagon encasing the national emblem atop an anchor to depict steadfastness, superimposed on a shield with the Navy’s motto “Śaṁ No Varunaḥ” (a Vedic mantra invoking the god of seas to be auspicious) in Devanagari. The octagon represents the eight directions and has been included as a symbol of the Navy’s “multidirectional reach and multidimensional operational capability”. The golden borders of the octagon have been inspired by the seal of Maratha Emperor Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
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Marine Nationale and French merchant ensign. Used from 1794 to 1814/1815, and from 1848 to present.
Notice that its proportions differ from those of the French civil flag. (ensign : 30:33:37, civil : 1/3,1/3,1/3)
HMS Colossus (R15) off Shanghai 1945.jpg
Aerial starboard side view of the Royal Navy light fleet carrier HMS Colossus (R15) taken off Wusong, Shanghai, China, circa September 1945. Two Fairey Barracuda torpedo bombers from 827 Naval Air Squadron are parked at the forward end of the flight deck. The aerial on the stump mast is a Type 281b air search radar. Note the odd camouflage pattern which appears to be a modification of the admiralty standard scheme.