perseus (azur lane)

Azur Lane character. Personification of British Colossus-class light aircraft carrier HMS Perseus (R51).

Created by kincora and voiced by Oozora Naomi.

History

In real life, Perseus was originally designed as a regular light aircraft carrier of the Colossus-class, themselves grouped under the designation "1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier", and designed and built by civilian shipyards to ease the burden on the larger shipyards as well as the directly-operated Royal Navy ones.

However, the success of Unicorn as an aircraft maintenance and support carrier (as well as the fact that the Royal Navy doesn't have adequate shore repair facilities aside from Singapore and Hong Kong) led the Royal Navy to request two more maintenance carriers, of which Perseus was one of them.

She entered Pacific service in October 1945, too late for the war. However, she wound up useful in another role: she was the first carrier in history with a steam catapult. Between 1950 and 1952, she demonstrated the superiority of steam catapults over existing hydraulic types, which the US Navy and others adopted. Afterward, she served as a ferry carrier until 1954 and scrapped four years later.

Skins

• Unfamiliar Duties
• Spring Lackadaisical Leisure

Colossus-class (1942 Design) light aircraft carriers

• Perseus (R51)
• Theseus (R64)

External links

• Azur Lane Wiki: Perseus
• Wikipedia: HMS Perseus (R51)

The following tags implicate this tag: perseus_(spring_lackadaisical_leisure)_(azur_lane) and perseus_(unfamiliar_duties)_(azur_lane) (learn more).