Audacity 1941
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Empire Audacity (ex-Sinbad, ex-Hannover), 7/1941 - Audacity | D10 | Bremer Vulcan, Germany // Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay | ? | 29/3/1939 | 5/1939 // 20/6/1941 | sunk 21/12/1941 |
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Displacement standard, t |
10230 |
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Displacement full, t |
11000 |
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Length, m |
142.4 |
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Breadth, m |
17.1 wl |
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Draught, m |
6.58 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
MAN diesel |
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Power, h. p. |
5200 |
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Max speed, kn |
15 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 649 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 12000(14.5) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V HA, 1 x 1 - 57/40 Mk I, 4 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 6 aircraft (Martlet fighters) |
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Complement |
210 |
Aircraft facilities (fd - 2,566m², ha - 0m² / 0m³): Flight deck: 140.2 x 18.3m. There were no hangar, catapults and lifts. Planes were stored at flight deck. Aviation fuel stowage was 45,500l.
| Year | Fighters |
| 12/1941 | 8 Martlet |
Ship project history: First escort aircraft carrier of Royal Navy was converted from German refrigerator vessel Hannover (5537BRT), captured 7/3/1940 by British cruiser Dunedin, commissioned as transport Sinbad. Later re-rated as ocean boarding vessel The decision on conversion into escort aircraft carrier intended for "trade protection" was accepted 2/1/1941. Reconstructed to carrier in 1 - 6/1941.
The ship structure was extreme simplified. it was not provided a hangar, lifts, neither catapults, nor islands on her. Aircrafts (only 6 planes) were based directly on a flight deck. Ship stowed 3000t of solid ballast.
Modernizations: none.
Naval service: Audacity was twice torpedoed by German submarine U751 in the evening 21/12/1941. Carrier stopped after hit of the first torpedo, after 70 minutes two more torpedoes hit the ship, she has broken apart and sunk. 72 people were lost.
Audacity
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