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spidge · 20-06-2008, 05:36 AM

HMS Fencer - Tracker Class Escort Aircraft Carrier

HMS Fencer, British escort carrier, WW2

H. M. S. F E N C E R (D 6 4 )

TRACKER Class Escort Aircraft Carrier obtained under US/UK Lend Lease Agreement. The ship was under construction at San Francisco by Western Pipe and Steel Corporation as C3 Class mercantile hull.. She had been laid down on 5th September 1941 after being acquired by the US Navy was launched on 4th April 1942 as USS CROATAN. On 27th February 1943 she was one of ten TRACKER Class transferred to the Royal Navy. Ten other hulls were retained for US Navy service. Design changes were made to the snip based on experience gained with the ARCHER Class and included a longer hangar as well as use of steam turbine propulsion machinery. Improvements were made to command and control facilities in the Operations Roan to suit use as an Escort Carrier. Her build was completed on 20th February 1943 and she was formally transferred to the RN a week later as HMS FENCER a name not previously used for a British warship. British radar outfit were fitted in USA.

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spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,317 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 6	HMS Fencer - Tracker Class Escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Fencer - Tracker Class Escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Fencer, British escort carrier, WW2 H. M. S. F E N C E R (D 6 4 ) TRACKER Class Escort Aircraft Carrier obtained under US/UK Lend Lease Agreement. The ship was under construction at San Francisco by Western Pipe and Steel Corporation as C3 Class mercantile hull.. She had been laid down on 5th September 1941 after being acquired by the US Navy was launched on 4th April 1942 as USS CROATAN. On 27th February 1943 she was one of ten TRACKER Class transferred to the Royal Navy. Ten other hulls were retained for US Navy service. Design changes were made to the snip based on experience gained with the ARCHER Class and included a longer hangar as well as use of steam turbine propulsion machinery. Improvements were made to command and control facilities in the Operations Roan to suit use as an Escort Carrier. Her build was completed on 20th February 1943 and she was formally transferred to the RN a week later as HMS FENCER a name not previously used for a British warship. British radar outfit were fitted in USA. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm