Avenger class escort carrier
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The Avenger class escort carriers were conversions of C3 merchant freighters into aircraft carriers by the US Navy for the Royal Navy.
Four freighters, the Rio Hudson, Rio Parana, Rio de la Plata and Rio de Janeiro were converted before they had been completed as merchantmen at American dockyards. They were similar in design to HMS Archer which had been converted form a completed freighter. All four were delivered into service with the RN, but one, Charger, was returned not long after delivery and taken into USN service. At the end of the war they were returned to the USN.
[edit] Specification
HMS Avenger class escort aircraft carriers
- Displacement: 15,120 tons full load
- Hull:
- length:465 ft (141.7 m)
- beam: 69.5 ft (21.2 m)
- draft: 25 ft (7.6 m)
- Flight deck:
- length: ~ 490 ft (150 m)
- width: 78 ft (24 m)
- Propulsion: 6-cylinder Doxford diesel, 1 shaft
- Power: 8500 hp,
- Speed: 16.5 knots
- Complement: 555
- Armour: none
- Armament:
- 3 × 4 in/50 guns
- 19 × 20 mm AA cannon
- Aircraft: 15
[edit] External links
| Avenger class escort carrier/Charger-class escort carrier |
| Royal Navy |
| Avenger | Biter | Dasher |
| United States Navy |
| Charger |
List of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy |
| List of escort aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy |
