HMS Unicorn

HMS Unicorn was an aircraft repair ship and light aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy in the late 1930s. She was completed during World War II and provided air cover over the amphibious landing at Salerno, Italy, in September 1943. The ship was transferred to the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean at the end of the year. Unicorn supported the aircraft carriers of the fleet on their operations until the British Pacific Fleet (BPF) was formed in November 1944. She was transferred to Australia in early 1945 to support the BPF's operations during Operation Iceberg, the Allied invasion of Okinawa in May. To shorten the time required to replenish the BPF's carriers, the ship was based in the Admiralty Islands and in the Philippine Islands until the Japanese surrender in August. Unicorn was decommissioned and placed in reserve when she returned to the UK in January 1946.

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I72
length 195.1 metre, beam 27.4 metre, draft 7.3 metre, speed 24 knot, 
light aircraft carrier, Harland and Wolff, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 

• Ship Design Drawings archive page^@
• uboat.net page^@
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1939-06-26T00:00:00Z

1939-06-26T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1941-11-20T00:00:00Z

1941-11-20T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1946-01-01T00:00:00Z

1946-01-01T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1953-11-17T00:00:00Z

1953-11-17T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1943-03-12T00:00:00Z

1943-03-12T00:00:00Z

ship completed

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Frameless

Aircraft carriers at Sasebo Japan 1950

British aircraft carriers at anchor c1945

HMS Unicorn (I72) in the Far East c1951

Meteor jets on the deck of HMS Unicorn at Singapore

HMS Unicorn (I72) underway in the Atlantic 1943

HMS Unicorn (I72) and carrier 1944

Seafire 47 on HMS Unicorn (I72) at Kure 1950

Unicorn-g427411

HMS Unicorn bell 1529

Close up of the bell

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Ship Design Drawings archive page@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Aircraft carriers at Sasebo Japan 1950		Commons
commons	image		British aircraft carriers at anchor c1945		Commons
commons	image		HMS Unicorn (I72) in the Far East c1951		Commons
commons	image		Meteor jets on the deck of HMS Unicorn at Singapore		Commons
commons	image		HMS Unicorn (I72) underway in the Atlantic 1943		Commons
commons	image		HMS Unicorn (I72) and carrier 1944		Commons
commons	image		Seafire 47 on HMS Unicorn (I72) at Kure 1950		Commons
commons	image		Unicorn-g427411		Commons
commons	image		HMS Unicorn bell 1529		Commons
commons	image		Close up of the bell		Commons