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Scrapped - An Ignoble End To A Great Ship: HMS Indomitable (PART1)

Records at the best of times can belaunched against the Vichy-controlled
thoughtlessly cruel. One which I feelMadagascar which it was believed the
never really accounted for the sterlingJapanese intended to occupy to use as a
service delivered by a ship duringsubmarine base from which to attack
wartime was that in which the Admiraltyallied convoy routes in the Indian
record concludes the history of HMSOcean.
Indomitable. No reference toThe Indomitable, along with her sister
descommisioning, merely the wordship Illustrius and a vast fleet of
scrapped.other ships converged on Durban in South
I can find no record that theAfrica in preparation for an invasion.
Indomitable was ever decommissioned;This commenced on 5th May at Courrier
though many sources report her earlierBay and after bitter fighting lasting
history. By the time I came to know her,almost two days the strategic town was
in 1952, she was already feeling hertaken.
age. I only learned of her distinguiedIn July the Indom' returned to the UK,
career much later. She was ordered inbut was soon off again into action, this
1937 as war loomed ever closer. As atime for Operation Pedestal as part of
modified version of the Illustriousthe largest convoy ever to head for
Class Aircraft Carriers already inbeseiged Malta: fourteen merchant ships
service Indomitable would carry morewere escorted by, as well as the
aircraft than the older ships. ThisIndomitable, Cairo, Charybdis, Eagle,
would prove a real advantage during theVictorious, Kenya, Manchester, Nelson,
coming wartime forays. Her first realNigeria, Phoebe, Rodney, Sirious and 32
venture into the maritime world came indestroyers. The plan was for HMS
November 1941 when her maiden voyageFurious, which had also joined the other
took her to the West Indies. A not veryships, to launch Spitfires headed for
auspicious start in fact, as whilstMalta to reinforce the air defences to
there she ran aground on a coral reefenable an offensive to take place. This
near Jamaica. Not badly damaged,time the mission was a complete success
however, she was able to make a quickending on 11th August.
return to service. In January 1942 sheHowever during the operation an 1100
joined the Eastern Fleet based in Ceylonpound bomb had pierced Indomitable's
(now Sri Lanka) where she ferried 48 RAFarmoured flight deck putting her out of
Hawker Hurricans for Singapore via Java.action for the remainder of Operation
Here started her World War Two careerPedestal. She was hit twice, but
and she became ever more indispensiblethankfully evaded three later attacks.
as the other carriers in the EasternLimping to the United States she
Fleet went out of service. Hermes couldremained there for repairs until
already be said to be obsolete. ThoughFebruary 1943 when she returned to the
still in action at that time she wouldMediterranean. Again tragedy. She was
be sunk in the Indian Ocean before tootorpedoed on 15th June whilst covering
long, along with the Vampire, anthe Sicily Landings and again returned
Australian destroyer, and a corvette.to the USA for repairs, this time
In May 1942 Operation Ironclad wasremaining there until February 1944.



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