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USS PYBUS (ACV-34) / HMS EMPEROR

CLASS - BOGUE
Displacement 7,800 Tons, Dimensions, 495' 8" (oa) x 69' 6" x 26' (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/51 4 x 40mm, 10 x 20mm, 28 Aircraft.
Machinery, 8,500 SHP; Allis-Chambers, Geared Turbines, 1 screw
Speed, 17.5 Knots, Crew 890.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
NS0303402	258k	HMS *Emperor* was outfitted as a strike/CAP carrier. Provided fighter cover for a strike on German battleship Tirpitz; served as an ASW patrol ship at Normandy and supported invasion of southern France before transferring to the Pacific.	Maureen Ross
NS0303407	21k	Grumman Hellcats on the flight deck of HMS *Emperor* (D98), foregound, 4 April 1944. In the background are other HM ships of the British Home Fleet: the nearest to *Emperor* is the fleet aircraft carrier HMS Furious (47), followed by the escort carriers HMS Searcher (D40) and HMS Pursuer (D73) and the light cruiser HMS Jamaica (44). The previous day they had taken part in the attack on the German battleship KMS Tirpitz in Alten Fjord which left her blazing. Photo by Lieutenant H A Mason, Royal Navy official photographer. Imperial War Museum photo no: A 22649.	Robert Hurst
NS0303403	44k	HMS *Emperor* underway with Hellcats of 800 NAS on deck. One of them is painted with stripes from Operation Dragoon (the invasion of Southern France, August 1944).	Haze Gray & Underway
NS0303404	65k	Left to right, the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth, the escort carrier HMS *Emperor, and the French battleship Richelieu* during Operation Sunfish in the East Indies, April 1945.	Robert Hurst
NS0303401	74k	Entering Singapore, September 1945, with 800 Squadron's Hellcats lined up on deck. The cruiser steaming astern is HMS Ceylon, and the French battleship Richelieu is in the background.	IWM
NS03-cve34-pab5ta	258k	Trincomalee, 1945.	Jack Price, via Carl Berrington Jeff Bloom Tony Drury, Royal Navy Escort Carriers
NS0303405	77k	Captain of HMS *Emperor*, Sir Charles Edward Madden, inspecting the crew with Gunnery Warrant Officer Frank Bulley accompanying him (1945).	Alfred and Colin Bulley, sons of Gunnery Warrant Officer Frank Bulley
NS0303406	92k	Gunnery Warrant Officer Frank Bulley.	Alfred and Colin Bulley, sons of Gunnery Warrant Officer Frank Bulley
For more information and photos of this ship, see: Photographs from the Collection of George Chisholm Photographs from the Collection of Jack Price Photographs from the Collection of Chris Thomas

View the USS Pybus (ACV-34 / CVE-34) / HMS Emperor
DANFS History entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Trying to contact anyone who knew twins Eddie and George Pole, Telegraphists on HMS Emperor (D98).
Eddie Pole recently lost his twin brother and would love to know about anyone else.

Please read "Telegraphist A.E. Pole"
and contact Ruth Clinch at ruth.clinch@ntlworld.com.

Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages By Andrew Toppan.

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