Avenger-class escort carrier
 HMS Avenger
| |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Avenger class |
| Builders | Sun Shipbuilding Company |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Long Island class |
| Succeeded by | Attacker class (RN), Bogue class (USN) |
| Built | 1941–1942 |
| Planned | 4 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Lost | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Escort carrier |
| Displacement | 8,200 long tons (8,332 t) |
| Length | 492.25 ft (150.04 m) |
| Beam | 66.25 ft 6 in (20.35 m) |
| Draught | 23.25 ft (7.09 m) |
| Installed power | 8,500 shp (6,300 kW) |
| Propulsion |
|
| Speed | 16.5 kn (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h) |
| Complement | 555 |
| Sensors and processing systems | SC radar |
| Armament |
|
| Aircraft carried | 15 |
| Aviation facilities |
|
| Notes | Class only had a half hangar for aircraft stowage |
The Avenger-class escort carrier was a
merchant ships in the process of being built at the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Chester, Pennsylvania. The ships laid down in 1939 and 1940 were launched and delivered to the Royal Navy by 1942 under the Lend-Lease agreement.[2][3]
The ships had a complement of 555 men and an
deep load. Propulsion was provided by four diesel engines connected to one shaft giving 8,500 brake horsepower (6,300 kW), which could propel the ships at 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph).[4]
Aircraft facilities were a small combined bridge–flight control on the
anti-submarine aircraft.[4] The three ships in the class were HMS Avenger, HMS Biter and HMS Dasher. A fourth ship, USS Charger was built at the same time to the same design but was commissioned in the U.S. Navy.[4]
Service history
HMS Avenger
HMS Biter
HMS Dasher
USS Charger (CVE-30)
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Avenger class escort carriers.
- List of ship classes of the Second World War
Notes
- ISBN 0-87021-773-9.
- ^ a b Cocker (2008), p.78.
- ^ "Sun Shipbuilding, Chester PA". Ship Building History. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Cocker (2008), p.79.
- ^ Poolman (1972), p.29.
References
- Cocker, Maurice (2008). Aircraft-Carrying Ships of the Royal Navy. Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-4633-2.
- Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. Mayflower Books. ISBN 0-8317-0303-2.
- Silverstone, Paul H (1965). US Warships of World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-773-9.
- Poolman, Kenneth (1972). Escort Carrier 1941–1945. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0273-8.
 United States Navy | |
|---|---|
 Royal Navy | |
 French Navy |
|
| |
| |