MV Gadila
MV Gadila
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Netherlands | |
Name | Gadila |
Builder | Howaldtswerke, Kiel |
Launched | 1 December 1934 |
Honours and awards | Atlantic convoys |
Fate | Scrapped Hong Kong 1958 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 7,999 GRT |
Length |
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Beam | 59 ft (18 m) |
Draught | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
Complement | 100 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | Four Fairey Swordfish |
MV Gadila was one of nine Anglo Saxon
MV Gadila was built at the
As a MAC ship, she had no aircraft hangar, and continued to carry normal cargoes with a mercantile ship's crew, although operating under British Royal Navy control. Only her air crew and the aviation support staff were Naval personnel.[2] In the case of the Gadila, these were provided by the Royal Netherlands Navy and served as elements of Fleet Air Arm 860 (Dutch) Naval Air Squadron.
The Gadila and her sister MV Macoma were the first aircraft carrying vessels with a flight deck to be operated under the flag of the Netherlands.[2]
At the end of the war, Gadila was reconverted to an entirely mercantile oil tanker and served in this capacity until broken up for scrap in Hong Kong in 1958.
References
- ^ "MV GADILA Aircraft Carrier Profile". Fleet Air Arm Archive. Archived from the original on 28 June 2002. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
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