HMS Searcher (D40)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
|
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 15 April 1941 |
| Launched: | 4 April 1942 |
| Commissioned (RN): | 31 October 1942 |
| Decommissioned (RN): | 12 February 1946 |
| Stricken: | 28 March 1946 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 14,400 tons |
| Length: | 491 ft 6 in (150 m) |
| Beam: | 105 ft (32 m) |
| Draught: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines, 1 shaft, 8,500 shp (6.3 MW) |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 646 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 × 4 in (102 mm), 8 × 40 mm, 20 × 20 mm guns |
| Aircraft: | 20 |
| Motto: | |
HMS Searcher (D40) was an Attacker-class escort carrier of the Royal Navy. Built in Seattle in the United States she was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease. Launched in 1942 she served until 29 November 1945. She was sold into merchant service and renamed the Captain Theo. In 1965 she was renamed again to Oriental Banker and was finally scrapped in Taiwan in 1976.
See HMS Searcher for other ships of this name.
| Bogue-class escort carrier |
| Royal Navy |
| Battler | Attacker | Hunter | Chaser | Fencer | Stalker | Pursuer | Striker | Searcher | Ravager | Tracker | Slinger | Atheling | Emperor | Ameer | Begum | Trumpeter | Empress | Khedive | Speaker | Nabob | Premier | Shah | Patroller | Rajah | Ranee | Trouncer | Thane | Queen | Ruler | Arbiter | Smiter | Puncher | Reaper |
| United States Navy |
| Bogue | Card | Copahee | Core | Nassau | Altamaha | Barnes | Block Island | Breton | Croatan | Prince William |
List of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy |
| List of escort aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy |
 |
This article about a specific naval ship or boat of the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
