HMS Avenger

HMS Avenger was a Royal Navy escort aircraft carrier during the Second World War. In 1939 she was laid down as the merchant ship Rio-Hudson at the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company yard in Chester, Pennsylvania. Launched on 27 November 1940, she was converted to an escort carrier and transferred under the lend lease agreement to the Royal Navy. She was commissioned on 2 March 1942.

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D14
length 150 metre, beam 21.2 metre, draft 7.66 metre, 12 Hawker Hurricane, 3 Fairey Swordfish, 
shipwreck, escort carrier, Avenger-class escort carrier, Royal Navy, Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, 

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  U-98 ⓘ
  1940 Type VIIC submarine

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1942-03-02T00:00:00Z

1942 HMS Avenger

1939-11-28T00:00:00Z

1939-11-28T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1940-11-27T00:00:00Z

1940-11-27T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1942-03-02T00:00:00Z

1942-03-02T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

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Frameless

Fleet Air Arm Series, on Board HMS Victorious. September 1942. A12574

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A12577

British Warships of the Second World War FL1268

Sea Hurricane on elevator of HMS Avenger (D14) 1942

HMS Avenger 2 edit

HMS Avenger 2 edit

HMS Avenger 2

HMS Biter (D97) and HMS Avenger (D14) aft of HMS Victorious (38) 1942

HMS Avenger

Petőfi Csarnok, Repüléstörténeti kiállítás, HMS Avenger (D14) orrfutója

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		naval-history.net page@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-98	Type VIIC submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1942	HMS Avenger	Avenger-class escort carrier, shipwreck, escort carrier	Wikidata
commons	image		Fleet Air Arm Series, on Board HMS Victorious. September 1942. A12574		Commons
commons	image		The Royal Navy during the Second World War A12577		Commons
commons	image		British Warships of the Second World War FL1268		Commons
commons	image		Sea Hurricane on elevator of HMS Avenger (D14) 1942		Commons
commons	image		HMS Avenger 2 edit		Commons
commons	image		HMS Avenger 2 edit		Commons
commons	image		HMS Avenger 2		Commons
commons	image		HMS Biter (D97) and HMS Avenger (D14) aft of HMS Victorious (38) 1942		Commons
commons	image		HMS Avenger		Commons
commons	image		Petőfi Csarnok, Repüléstörténeti kiállítás, HMS Avenger (D14) orrfutója		Commons