Royal Navy — Escort carrier
D10
HMS Audacity
Service
- as Hannover (1939–40)20 June 1941 — 21 December 1941184 days of the war
HMS Audacity
Particulars
- Name
- HMS Audacity
- Pennant / hull number
- D10
- Builder
- Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack
- Launched
- 29 March 1939
- Commissioned
- 20 June 1941
- Fate
- Sunk 21 December 1941 (1941)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 11,000 long tons (11,177 t)
- Length
- 134.42 m (441 ft)
- Beam
- 17.07 m (56 ft)
- Draught
- 7.01 m (23 ft)
- Speed
- 15 knots (27.8 km/h, 17.3 mph)
- Complement
- 480
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Audacity was a escort carrier of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number D10. She was built by Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack. She entered service on 20 June 1941, having been launched on 29 March 1939.
Displacement was 11,000 long tons. She measured 134.4 m (441 ft) long with a beam of 17.1 m (56 ft). Her designed speed was 15 knots, and she carried a complement of 480.
Her main battery was one 102 mm (4 in) guns. Her machinery developed 5,200 hp.
She was in commission for 184 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 21 December 1941, at 43°45′N 19°54′W. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 1 × 7-cylinder MAN diesel engine
- 1 × screw
- Power
- 5200 hp
- Armament
- As HMS Audacity:
- 1 × 4 in gun
- 1 × 6-pounder (57 mm) gun
- 4 × QF 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns
- 4 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons
- Aircraft
- Operational Use: 6
- Storage: 8
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Audacity on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: US Navy — This image has been extracted from another file — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons