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List Of Escort Carriers Of The Royal Navy
The escort aircraft carrier, also called a "jeep carrier" or "baby flattop" in the USN or "Woolworth Carrier" by the RN, was a small and slow type of aircraft carrier used by the Royal Navy in the Second World War. They were typically half the length and one-third the displacement of the larger fleet carriers. While they were slower, less armed, unarmoured and carried fewer aircraft, they were less expensive and could be built more quickly. This was their principal advantage, as escort carriers could be completed in greater numbers as a stop-gap when fleet carriers were scarce. However, the lack of protection made escort carriers particularly vulnerable and several were sunk with great loss of life. The light carrier (hull classification symbol CVL) was a similar concept to escort carriers in most respects, but they were designed for higher speeds for deployment with fleet carriers. Escort carriers were too slow to keep up with the main forces consisting of fleet carriers, battl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escort Aircraft Carrier
The escort carrier or escort aircraft carrier (U.S. hull classification symbol CVE), also called a "jeep carrier" or "baby flattop" in the United States Navy (USN) or "Woolworth Carrier" by the Royal Navy, was a small and slow type of aircraft carrier used by the Royal Navy, the United States Navy, the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in World War II. They were typically half the length and a third the displacement of larger fleet carriers, slower, more-lightly armed and armored, and carried fewer planes. Escort carriers were most often built upon a commercial ship hull, so they were cheaper and could be built quickly. This was their principal advantage as they could be completed in greater numbers as a stop-gap when fleet carriers were scarce. However, the lack of protection made escort carriers particularly vulnerable, and several were sunk with great loss of life. The light carrier (U.S. hull classification symbol CVL) was a similar concept to the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Audacity (D10)
HMS ''Audacity'' was a British escort carrier of the Second World War and the first of her kind to serve in the Royal Navy. She was originally the German merchant ship ''Hannover'', which the British captured in the West Indies in March 1940 and renamed ''Sinbad'', then ''Empire Audacity''. She was converted and commissioned as HMS ''Empire Audacity'', then as HMS ''Audacity''. She was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat in late 1941. History ''Hannover'' ''Hannover'' was a 5,537 GRT cargo liner built by Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau, Vegesack and launched on 29 March 1939. She was owned by Norddeutscher Lloyd and plied between Germany and the West Indies on the banana run. ''Hannover''s port of registry was Bremen. When World War II began, ''Hannover'' sought refuge in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. In March 1940, ''Hannover'' attempted to return to Germany as a blockade runner. She was sighted between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico on the night of 7/8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aircraft Carriers Of The Royal Navy
The following is a list of fleet aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. There are two carriers, HMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' and HMS ''Prince of Wales'', currently in service. Key Fleet carriers HMS ''Argus'' HMS ''Hermes'' HMS ''Eagle'' ''Courageous'' class HMS ''Ark Royal'' HMS ''Unicorn'' HMS ''Unicorn'' was an aircraft repair ship and light aircraft carrier; an "aircraft maintenance carrier". ''Illustrious'' class ''Implacable'' class ''Colossus'' class The 1942 Design Light Fleet Carriers were designed and constructed by civilian shipyards to serve as an intermediate step between the expensive, full-size fleet aircraft carriers and the less expensive but limited-capability escort carriers. ''Perseus'' and ''Pioneer'' were modified to operate as maintenance carriers. ''Majestic'' class The 1942 design was modified to take more modern aircraft and these ships became the ''Majestic''-class. Not completed until after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Aircraft Carriers
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Brake Horsepower
Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement of power, or the rate at which work is done, usually in reference to the output of engines or motors. There are many different standards and types of horsepower. Two common definitions used today are the mechanical horsepower (or imperial horsepower), which is about 745.7 watts, and the metric horsepower, which is approximately 735.5 watts. The term was adopted in the late 18th century by Scottish engineer James Watt to compare the output of steam engines with the power of draft horses. It was later expanded to include the output power of other types of piston engines, as well as turbines, electric motors and other machinery. The definition of the unit varied among geographical regions. Most countries now use the SI unit watt for measurement of power. With the implementation of the EU Directive 80/181/EEC on 1 January 2010, the use of horsepower in the EU is permitted only as a supplementary unit. History The development of the stea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Pretoria Castle
HMS ''Pretoria Castle'' (F61) was a Union-Castle ocean liner that in the Second World War was converted into a Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser, and then converted again into an escort carrier. After the war she was converted back into a passenger liner and renamed ''Warwick Castle''. History Harland and Wolff built ''Pretoria Castle'' in Belfast, launching her in 1938 and completing her in April 1939. The Admiralty requisitioned her for the Royal Navy in October 1939, and had her converted into an armed merchant cruiser with eight and two guns, entering service in November 1939. In this role she served mainly in the South Atlantic. In July 1942 the Admiralty bought her outright for conversion to an escort carrier by Swan Hunter on Tyneside. For her new role her armament included ten Oerlikon 20 mm cannon. She was commissioned in her new role in July 1943. She operated as a trials and training carrier, seeing no active combat service. In 1945 she twice became part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Nairana
There have been two Royal Navy ships that have borne the name HMS ''Nairana''; * was a conversion to handle seaplanes. * was an escort carrier that served in World War II, later transferred to the Dutch Navy The Royal Netherlands Navy ( nl, Koninklijke Marine, links=no) is the naval force of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. During the 17th century, the navy of the Dutch Republic (1581–1795) was one of the most powerful naval forces in the world an ... as {{DEFAULTSORT:Nairana Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diesel Engine
The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is a so-called compression-ignition engine (CI engine). This contrasts with engines using spark plug-ignition of the air-fuel mixture, such as a petrol engine (gasoline engine) or a gas engine (using a gaseous fuel like natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas). Diesel engines work by compressing only air, or air plus residual combustion gases from the exhaust (known as exhaust gas recirculation (EGR)). Air is inducted into the chamber during the intake stroke, and compressed during the compression stroke. This increases the air temperature inside the cylinder to such a high degree that atomised diesel fuel injected into the combustion chamber ignites. With the fuel being injected into the air just before combustion, the dispersion of the fuel is une ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Activity
HMS ''Activity'' was an escort carrier that served with the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom during the World War II, Second World War. After the war, she was sold into merchant service as the MV ''Breconshire'', serving for over 20 years until scrapped in 1967. History Royal Navy HMS ''Activity'' was built at Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Caledon shipyards in Dundee. When construction started in 1940 she was intended to become the Reefer (ship), refrigerated cargo ship ''Telemachus'' for the Blue Funnel Line, Alfred Holt Line. In February 1941, she was taken over by the Ministry of War Transport and renamed ''Empire Activity''. In January 1942, she was requisitioned by the British Admiralty, Admiralty for conversion to an escort carrier, now named HMS ''Activity'' and carrying pennant number D94. Following her launch in May 1942 and completion in August of that year, ''Activity'' worked up at Lamlash before going to Rosyth for rectification of defects. Entering s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Queen (D19)
The USS ''St. Andrews'' (CVE-49) (originally AVG-49, later ACV-49) was assigned to MC hull 260 on 23 August 1942, a ship to be built to modified C3-S-A1 plans. She was laid down on 12 March 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Tacoma, Washington; redesignated CVE-49 on 15 July; and launched on 31 July; sponsored by Mrs. Robert W. Morse; transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 7 December; and commissioned the same day as HMS ''Queen'' (D19) in the Royal Navy. HMS ''Queen'' served British and Allied escort forces in protecting the vital convoy supply effort across the North Atlantic in 1944, and in the Pacific campaigns in 1945. On 4 May 1945 aircraft of ''Queen''s 853 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, took part in Operation Judgement, the last air-raid of the European war, at Kilbotn, Norway. After hostilities ceased, she was converted to a troop carrier and used to bring British forces back from the Far East, before being returned to the United States a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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