Built for the Royal Navy as HMS VENERABLE by Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead. Laid down 3/12/1942; launched 30/12/1943; commissioned: 17/1/1945.
Displacement tons: 15,892 standard; 19,896 full load
1948-sold to the Royal Netherlands Navy, renamed HrMS KAREL DOORMAN
1969-sold to the Argentine Navy after refit by the Wilton-Fijenoord shipyard in Rotterdam, renamed VEINTICINCO DE MAYO (25TH of May).
2000-scrapped at Alang, India.
Photo: Rotterdam 24/4/1969 undergoing refit before handing over in September that year.