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Had she been allowed, Victorious would have served for at least 13 years following her reconstruction, prior to her withdrawal it was intended that she would have one final commission that would have taken her to 1971.


Her air wing, with Sea Vixens, Buccaneers, Gannets and helicopters was more like 30+ and was larger than that of Hermes.


Unlike Hermes she had armour, 3" guns for self-defence and a 48 rather than 32 track CDS system. Additionally, she didn't have Hermes' forward deck edge lift that was unusable in higher sea states and she was a faster ship.


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