HMS Ravager (D70)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 11 April 1942 |
| Launched: | 16 July 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 25 April 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | February 1946 |
| Fate: | Merchant service as Robin Trent. Scrapped 1973. |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 14,630 tons fully-loaded |
| Length: | 465 ft |
| Beam: | 69 ft |
| Draught: | 23 ft |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines, 8,500 bhp |
| Speed: | 18 knots |
| Complement: | 646 |
| Armament: | 2 x 4" guns, 15 x 20mm guns |
| Aircraft: | 20 |
HMS Ravager (D70) was an Attacker-class escort carrier built in the United States and operated by the Royal Navy during World War II.
Ravager was initially constructed in the U.S. by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding in Tacoma in 1942. She was purchased by the U.S. Navy and was converted to an escort carrier at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon. Upon completion in 1943 she was transferred to the Royal Navy and named HMS Ravager.
The ship initially served as a convoy escort in the Atlantic theatre. Later in the war she was used mainly as a deck-landing training carrier. In February 1946 she was returned to the US Navy and sold for civilian use in July 1947, being renamed the Robin Trent and later the Trent. She was scrapped in 1973.
- See HMS Ravager for other ships of this name.
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