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The Avenger-class escort carrier was a class of escort carriers comprising three ships in service with the Royal Navy during the Second World War and one ship of the class in the United States Navy called the Charger Type of 1942-class escort carrier.[1]^{[page needed]} All three were originally American type C3 merchant ships in the process of being built at the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Chester, Pennsylvania. The ships laid down in 1939 and 1940 were launched and delivered to the Royal Navy by 1942 under the Lend-Lease agreement.[2][3]

HMS Avenger
Class overview
Name	Avenger class
Builders	Sun Shipbuilding Company
Operators	Royal Navy  United States Navy
Preceded by	Long Island class
Succeeded by	Attacker class (RN), Bogue class (USN)
Built	1941–1942
Planned	4
Completed	4
Lost	2
General characteristics
Type	Escort carrier
Displacement	8,200 long tons (8,300 t)
Length	492.25 ft (150.04 m)
Beam	66.25 ft 6 in (20.35 m)
Draught	23.25 ft (7.09 m)
Installed power	8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion	4 × diesel engines 1 × shaft
Speed	16.5 kn (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h)
Complement	555
Sensors and processing systems	SC radar
Armament	3 × 4-inch DP anti-aircraft guns in single mounts 15 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons in single or twin mounts
Aircraft carried	15
Aviation facilities	Hangar 190 ft × 47 ft (58 m × 14 m) one 42 ft × 34 ft (13 m × 10 m) lift 9 × arrestor wires
Notes	Class only had a half hangar for aircraft stowage

The ships had a complement of 555 men and an overall length of 492.25 feet (150.04 m), a beam of 66.25 feet (20.19 m) and a height of 23.25 ft (7.09 m).[2] Their displacement was 8,200 long tons (8,300 t) at normal load and 9,000 long tons (9,100 t) at deep load. Propulsion was provided by four diesel engines connected to one shaft giving 8,500 brake horsepower (6,300 kW), which could propel the ships at 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph).[4]

Aircraft facilities were a small combined bridge–flight control on the starboard side and above the 410 feet (120 m) long wooden flight deck, one aircraft lift 43 by 34 feet (13 m × 10 m), one aircraft catapult and nine arrestor wires. Aircraft could be housed in the 190 by 47 feet (58 m × 14 m) half hangar below the flight deck.[4][5] Armament comprised three single mounted 4-inch dual purpose anti-aircraft guns and fifteen 20 mm cannons on single or twin mounts.[4] They had the capacity for fifteen aircraft which would typically be a mixture of Grumman Martlet or Hawker Sea Hurricane fighter aircraft and Fairey Swordfish or Grumman Avenger anti-submarine aircraft.[4] The three ships in the class were HMS Avenger, HMS Biter and HMS Dasher. A fourth ship, USS Charger was built at the same time to the same design but was commissioned in the U.S. Navy.[4]

Service history

HMS Avenger

HMS Biter

HMS Dasher

USS Charger (CVE-30)

See also

• List of ship classes of the Second World War

Notes

References

• Cocker, Maurice (2008). Aircraft-Carrying Ships of the Royal Navy. Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-4633-2.
• Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. ISBN 0-8317-0303-2.
• Silverstone, Paul H (1965). US Warships of World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-773-9.
• Poolman, Kenneth (1972). Escort Carrier 1941–1945. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0273-8.

На других языках

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[de] Charger-Klasse

Die Charger-Klasse war eine Bauserie von Geleitflugzeugträgern, die während des Zweiten Weltkriegs auf amerikanischen Werften ursprünglich für die United States Navy gebaut wurden. Sie wurden aus vier für Moore-McCormack im Bau befindlichen C-P3-Kombischiffen hergestellt.

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- [en] Avenger-class escort carrier

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[fr] Classe Avenger (porte-avions)

La classe Avenger est une classe de quatre porte-avions d'escorte de la Royal Navy (3) et de l'United States Navy (1) durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Mis en service entre octobre 1941 et juillet 1942, ils sont tous construits à partir de cargos américains de type C3. Pendant le conflit, le HMS Avenger sera coulé par un U-boot allemand en novembre 1942 et le HMS Dasher coulera suite à une explosion accidentelle en mars 1943. À la fin de la guerre, l'USS Charger est décommissionné et le le HMS Biter est cédé à la Marine française et devient le Dixmude, qui restera en service jusqu'en 1960.

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[it] Classe Avenger (portaerei)

La classe Avenger – classe Charger nella United States Navy – è stata una classe di 4 portaerei di scorta costruite per la Royal Navy durante la seconda guerra mondiale negli Stati Uniti. Come altre portaerei di scorta, anche queste portaerei erano basate su scafi di navi mercantili Type C3, progettate dal MARCOM e convertite in navi da guerra.

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[ru] Эскортные авианосцы типа «Эвенджер»

Тип «Эвенджер» (англ. Avenger class) — серия эскортных авианосцев США периода Второй мировой войны. Авианосцы этого типа строились на основе корпусов гражданских сухогрузов и представляли собой дальнейшее развитие идей, заложенных в проект первого американского эскортного авианосца — «Лонг-Айленд».

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