Archer (similar to US Long Island) Class Escort Carrier | |||||
Ordered | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Returned to US | Stricken |
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- | 14 Mar 1940 | 12 Apr 1941 | 2 Jul 1942 | ||
Builder: Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pa. |
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Fate: Sunk in the Clyde, off Arran, following a massive, accidental aviation fuel explosion, 27 March 1943. She sank in only 3 minutes and left only 149 survivors. The explosion was deemed to be due to the inadequate protection provided for avgas tanks in this class. All subsequent CVEs allocated to the RN were modified to British standards, with a consequent reduction of about 50% in the quantity of aviation fuel carried. |
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70k | "Launching Rio de Janeiro, April 12, 1941 — Chester, Pa., Moore-McCormack Lines, 5 Broadway — New York, N.Y." |
Tommy Trampp | |
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142k | On final approach. HMS Dasher (D37). Date and location unknown. |
Courtesy of Tony Drury, Royal Navy Escort Carriers | |
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93k | HMS Dasher (D37) underway in 1942, showing her single lift. The port-side catapult can just be made out forward on the camouflaged flight deck. Note the single US-pattern 4"/50 gun at the stern. Two Swordfish Mk.II strike aircraft with wings folded can be seen parked forward. U.S. National Archives photo. Photo and text from Aircraft Carriers of the World, 1914 to the Present: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, by Roger Chesneau. |
Robert Hurst | |
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96k | HMS Dasher at Hvalfjord, Iceland in February 1943 with convoy JW53. The photo was taken from the deck of the cruiser HMS Belfast. |
Collection of Sub-Lieutenant (A) John Vallely RNVR, via Tony Drury, Royal Navy Escort Carriers | |
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86k | HMS Dasher underway in February 1943 with convoy JW53. Both this picture and the one above were taken on the first two days of the convoy. The photo was taken from the deck of the cruiser HMS Belfast. |
Tony Drury, Royal Navy Escort Carriers | |
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292k | Archer-class. From ONI 201, "Warships and Landing Craft of the British Commonwealth," Division of Naval Intelligence, Navy Department, 1 July 1943. Condensed and printed for FM 30-50, NAVAER 00-80V-57. |
Gerd Matthes, Germany | |
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278k | Archer-class. From ONI 201, "Warships and Landing Craft of the British Commonwealth," Division of Naval Intelligence, Navy Department, 1 July 1943. Condensed and printed for FM 30-50, NAVAER 00-80V-57. |
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43k | Escort carrier HMS Dasher (D37) underway at sea during northern convoy duty, 14 February–March 1943. Photo taken by Lieutenant J.A. Hampton, Royal Navy official photographer. IWM photo # A 15348. |
Robert Hurst |
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