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NavSource Online: Escort Carrier Photo Archive

(ACV-24) / HMS RAVAGER (D70)
(later CVE-24)

Contributed by Tommy Trampp

Battle Honours

Atlantic 1943

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.
FATE
Stricken, 12 April 1946 (Navy Dept. Bulletin, 46-845, p. 20).

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
NS0302402	61k	HMS *Ravager* underway, with a single Avenger strike aircraft on deck. Date and location unknown (Fleet Air Arm Museum).	Courtesy of Tony Drury, Royal Navy Escort Carriers
NS0302405	47k	HMS *Ravager*, date and location unknown.	Submitted by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
NS0302406	38k	A Grumman Hellcat F.Mk.II landing on escort carrier HMS *Ravager* as the batsman makes the all-clear signal. Photo taken by unknown Royal Navy official photographer. ID 21287 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.	Robert Hurst
NS0302408	38k	Undated image of a Royal Navy Fairey Barracuda T.B.Mk.II about to take off from the escort carrier HMS *Ravager* (D70) whilst she is at sea. Photo taken by an unidentified Royal Navy official photographer. Photo # A 21284 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.	Robert Hurst
NS0302409	39k	Undated image of a Royal Navy Fairey Barracuda T.B.Mk.II landing-on while the batsman makes the appropriate signals on board HMS *Ravager* (D70). Photo taken by an unidentified Royal Navy official photographer. Photo # A 21286 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.	Robert Hurst
NS0302411	38k	Undated picture of a Royal Navy Grumman Hellcat F. Mk.II about to land on HMS *Ravager* (D70) as the batsman makes the all-clear signal. Photo taken by an unknown Royal Navy official photographer. Photo # A 21288 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.	Robert Hurst
NS0302410	32k	A Royal Navy Grumman Avenger of No. 846 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm landing on, as seen from the side safety cockpits on board HMS *Ravager* (D70). The arrestor hook is just making contact with the deck. Photo taken by an unknown Royal Navy Official photographer. Photo # A 21290 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.	Robert Hurst
NS0302412	34k	A Royal Navy Grumman Hellcat F. Mk.II hauled to a halt by an arrestor wire aboard HMS *Ravager* (D70). It has been pulled taut by the aircraft's arrestor hook. Photo taken by an unknown Royal Navy Official photographer. Photo # A 21293 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.	Robert Hurst
NS0302413	52k	Royal Navy Grumman Hellcat F.Mk.IIs warming up on the flight deck of HMS *Ravager* (D70). Photo taken by an unknown Royal Navy Official photographer. Photo # A 21294 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.	Robert Hurst
NS0302403	110k	The British escort aircraft carrier HMS *Ravager* (D70) moored at Greenock, Scotland, 12 August 1943. Photo by Royal Navy official photographer Lieutenant S.J. Beadell. Imperial War Museum, photo no.: A 18728.	Robert Hurst Larger copy submitted by Mike Green
NS0302401	84k	HMS *Ravager* (D70) underway on 11 November 1944, with a deck load of Fleet Air Arm Avengers and Corsairs. 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
Commercial Service
NS0302404	64k	Ex-HMS *Ravager, rebuilt and renamed Robin Trent*, US flag, 1948.	Submitted by Gerhard Mueller-Debus