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RN Aircraft Carriers: Attacker Class 1942
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 2:24 pm
by jbryce1437
The Attacker Class was a class of 8 escort carriers supplied to the Royal Navy by the United States under the lend lease agreement. Ships in the class were Attacker, Battler, Chaser, Fencer, Hunter, Pursuer, Ravager, Stalker, Striker and Tracker. After the war they were returned to the USA when most of them were converted for merchant service, but three were scrapped.
Attacker
hms attacker at trincomalee ec.jpg
Battler
hms battler east ind fleet ec.jpg
Chaser
chaser 1.jpg
Fencer
fencer-(1944)-stb.qtr..jpg
Hunter
hms hunter 25 6 44 ec.jpg
Pursuer
hms pursuer fly past.jpg
Ravager
hms ravager as built ec.jpg
Stalker
hms stalker seafires ec.jpg
Striker
striker carrier.jpg
Tracker
hms tracker 1943 ec.jpg
Re: Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers: Attacker Class 1942
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:01 pm
by ivorthediver
Well how wrong can you be , I make that fourteen types of RN Carriers Jim , god knows where you found all these , well done and thank you for all the effort and trouble you have taken
Re: RN Aircraft Carriers: Attacker Class 1942
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 7:03 am
by Brian James
Attacker-Class Escort Carrier HMS Battler pictured with Supermarine Seafires on her flight deck while she leads other Escort Carriers HMS Hunter, Attacker and Stalker off the Italian coast c1944.
Re: RN Aircraft Carriers: Attacker Class 1942
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 12:39 am
by Brian James
A view from Attacker Class Escort Carrier HMS Pursuer of other Escort Carriers led by HMS Attacker and HMS Khedive,(Command Ship) in the naval task force which took part in the landings in the south of France,August 7th 1944.
Re: Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers: Attacker Class 1942
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2023 4:46 pm
by Pelican
STALKER MAKING WAVES EARLY ON
The Attacker class escort carrier HMS Stalker was originally named Hamlin. She was built by Western Pipe & Steel Co., San Francisco, launched (as AVG-15) on 5 March 1942, and transferred to the Royal Navy on December 21, 1942.
The escort carrier played a vital part in allied operations in the Atlantic. She participated in the Salerno landings in September 1943, providing effective on the spot air support for assault forces.
Stalker also took part in the important landings in southern France in August 1944. From March to September 1945 she was attached to the 21st Aircraft Carrier Squadron, East Indies Fleet.
Returned to the United States on December 29, 1945, she was struck from the Navy Register on March 20, 1946, and sold to Waterman Steamship Corp. of Mobile, Alabama, on December 18, 1946.
Waterman in turn sold her to the Netherlands in August 1947 where she was converted to the merchant ship Riouw. Later renamed Lobito in 1968, she was scrapped in Taiwan in September 1975.
Re: RN Aircraft Carriers: Attacker Class 1942
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 4:21 pm
by Pelican
jbryce1437 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 2:24 pm
The Attacker Class was a class of 8 escort carriers supplied to the Royal Navy by the United States under the lend lease agreement. Ships in the class were Attacker, Battler, Chaser, Fencer, Hunter, Pursuer, Stalker, Striker and Tracker. After the war they were returned to the USA when most of them were converted for merchant service, but three were scrapped.
Attacker
hms attacker at trincomalee ec.jpg
Battler
hms battler east ind fleet ec.jpg
Chaser
chaser 1.jpg
Fencer
fencer-(1944)-stb.qtr..jpg
Hunter
hms hunter 25 6 44 ec.jpg
Pursuer
hms pursuer fly past.jpg
Stalker
hms stalker seafires ec.jpg
Striker
striker carrier.jpg
Tracker
hms tracker 1943 ec.jpg
Ravager not mentioned above Jim but she seems to fit the bill:
https://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.or ... AVAGER.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ravager_(D70)
Re: RN Aircraft Carriers: Attacker Class 1942
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:37 pm
by jbryce1437
Pelican wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 4:21 pm
jbryce1437 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 2:24 pm
The Attacker Class was a class of 8 escort carriers supplied to the Royal Navy by the United States under the lend lease agreement. Ships in the class were Attacker, Battler, Chaser, Fencer, Hunter, Pursuer, Stalker, Striker and Tracker. After the war they were returned to the USA when most of them were converted for merchant service, but three were scrapped.
Attacker
hms attacker at trincomalee ec.jpg
Battler
hms battler east ind fleet ec.jpg
Chaser
chaser 1.jpg
Fencer
fencer-(1944)-stb.qtr..jpg
Hunter
hms hunter 25 6 44 ec.jpg
Pursuer
hms pursuer fly past.jpg
Stalker
hms stalker seafires ec.jpg
Striker
striker carrier.jpg
Tracker
hms tracker 1943 ec.jpg
Ravager not mentioned above Jim but she seems to fit the bill:
https://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.or ... AVAGER.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ravager_(D70)
Many thanks David, I had mistakenly had her as Ruler Class, but have corrected both threads now.
Jim
Re: Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers: Attacker Class 1942
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:55 pm
by ivorthediver
Pelican wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 4:46 pm
STALKER MAKING WAVES EARLY ON
The Attacker class escort carrier HMS Stalker was originally named Hamlin. She was built by Western Pipe & Steel Co., San Francisco, launched (as AVG-15) on 5 March 1942, and transferred to the Royal Navy on December 21, 1942.
The escort carrier played a vital part in allied operations in the Atlantic. She participated in the Salerno landings in September 1943, providing effective on the spot air support for assault forces.
Stalker also took part in the important landings in southern France in August 1944. From March to September 1945 she was attached to the 21st Aircraft Carrier Squadron, East Indies Fleet.
Returned to the United States on December 29, 1945, she was struck from the Navy Register on March 20, 1946, and sold to Waterman Steamship Corp. of Mobile, Alabama, on December 18, 1946.
Waterman in turn sold her to the Netherlands in August 1947 where she was converted to the merchant ship Riouw. Later renamed Lobito in 1968, she was scrapped in Taiwan in September 1975.
That looks like a very narrow stretch of water in which to launch a carrier that size [ even tethered as she was] , but no doubt used previously with confidence
