Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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HMS Colossus (15) | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne | June 1, 1942 | July 30, 1943 | February 2, 1944 | September 6, 1944 | To Germany (SMS Weicshel) as reparations, September 1944. |
HMS Glory (62) | Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Occupied N. Ireland. | August 27, 1942 | August 22, 1943 | March 7, 1944 | August 29, 1944 | To Germany (SMS Jade) as reparations, September 1944. |
HMS Venerable | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | December 3, 1942 | September 4, 1943 | | | Constructed halted, December 1, 1943. Sunk by air attack, April 3, 1944. BU 1945-1947. |
HMS Vengeance | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | November 16, 1942 | November 12, 1943 | October 4, 1946** | | Constructed halted, December 1, 1943. To Germany (SMS Saar) as reparations, September 1944. |
HMS Warrior | Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Occupied N. Ireland. | December 12, 1942 | | | | Sabotaged by the IRA, July 6, 1943. Broken up on the slipway, late 1943. |
HMS Theseus | Fairfield, Govan | January 6, 1943 | | | | Cancelled September 1943, materials used for other ships. |
A further 8 ships of the Majestic subclass were ordered in late 1942, but all were cancelled by the Summer of 1943.
* = Though both Colossus and Glory were commissioned, neither had their air groups embarked and spent almost all of the RN service as floating AA batteries.
** = The date of commissioning for it's German service