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DIXMUDE escort aircraft carrier (1942 / 1945)


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Dixmude Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Dixmude (ex-Biter, ex-BAVG3, ex-Rio Parana)   187 Sun SB, Chester, USA // Atlantic Basin Iron Wks, USA 28.12.1939 18.12.1940 1.5.1942 // 9.4.1945 aircraft transport 1949, accommodation ship 1960


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

12850

Displacement full, t

15300

Length, m

150.0

Breadth, m

21.2 wl 23.7 fd

Draught, m

7.75

No of shafts

1

Machinery

4 Doxford diesels

Power, h. p.

8500

Max speed, kts

16.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 1308 and 1097 t of cargo oil

Endurance, nm(kts)15000(15)
Armament

3 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk IV, 11 x 1 - 20/70 Mk IV, 15 aircraft (Seafire fighters)

Electronic equipmenttype 79, type 271 radars
Complement555


Air group


Year Fighters diving bombers
1945 15 Seafire ---
1947 --- 15 SBD Dauntless


Standard scale images


<i>Dixmude</i> 1945
Dixmude 1945


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<i>Dixmude</i> <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Dixmude Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Aircraft facilities

 (fd - 2,963(3,192)m², ha - ~ 1,275m² / 6,222m³): Flight deck: 125(later 134.7)x23.7m, hangar was 4.88m in height. There was 1 lift (12.8x10.4m, 5.4t) and 1 catapult H-II (3.2t plane was launched at 113km/h). Aircraft fuel stowage was 164 000l.  

Project history

Former British escort aircraft carrier of Archer class, received from the USA on lend-lease. Early 1945 she was returned to the USA which have transferred her at to France. 

First (with Archer) British escort aircraft carriers ordered in the USA by the agreement about lend-lease. They were converted from hulls of transport ships. Works have begun in April — May, 1941. Carriers had hulls of standard type СЗ transports. The stability was ensured with a concrete ballast (1930t). Besides, holding of 1000t of a water-ballast was recommended. Ships had no armour or underwater protection. Diesel fuel stowage consisted from 1362 - 1600t of ship stock and 1100 - 1700t in additional (cargo) tanks, used mainly for a refuelling of the ships of an escort at sea.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Dixmude saw active service in Indo-China in 1947. She was re-rated as aviation transport in 1949 till 1960, when she converted to base ship for amphibious forces. Dixmude was returned to USA in 1966. 



Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.