The British light-carrier family entered Australian, Canadian, Indian, French, Argentine, and Brazilian service. Ships conceived as light carriers became the principal fleet carriers of smaller navies, extending British wartime construction into decades of postwar naval aviation. Brazil's Minas Gerais remained in service until 2001. That date shows how long the wartime design outlived its original British role. The light-carrier label reflected the ships' place in British force structure more than the role they later filled overseas.
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Light fleet carriers become other navies' fleet carriers
See how British light carrier designs supplied front-line aviation capability to several postwar navies.