HMS Searcher (D40)
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| Career (USA) |  |
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| Builder: | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down: | 5 June 1943 |
| Launched: | 4 April 1942 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Royal Navy |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Searcher |
| Commissioned: | 31 October 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 February 1946 |
| Struck: | 28 March 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold as merchant ship; scrapped 1976 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Bogue class escort carrier |
| Displacement: | 14,400 tons |
| Length: | 491 feet 6 inches (149.8 m) |
| Beam: | 69 feet 6 inches (21.2 m) |
| Draught: | 26 feet (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines, 1 shaft, 8,500 shp (6.3 MW) |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 646 officers and men |
| Armament: | 2 × 4 in (102 mm) guns 4 x twin 40 mm Bofors 20 x single 20 mm Oerlikon |
| Aircraft carried: | 20 |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Searcher.
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.
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