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Battler

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Battler (ex-AVG6 Altamaha, ex-Mormactern)	D18	293	Ingalls, Pascagoula, USA	15.4.1941	4.4.1942	15.11.1942	to USA 2.1946
Tracker (ex-BAVG6 Mormacmail)	D24, R317	17	Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA	3.11.1941	7.3.1942	31.1.1943	to USA 11.1945
Attacker* (ex-AVG7 Barnes, ex-Steel Artisan)	D02	62	Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco, USA	17.4.1941	27.9.1941	10.10.1942	to USA 1.1946
Hunter* (ex-ACV8 Block Island, ex-Mormacpenn)	D80	294	Ingalls, Pascagoula, USA	15.5.1941	22.5.1942	11.1.1943	to USA 12.1945
Chaser (ex-ACV10 Breton, ex-Mormacgulf)	D32, R306	295	Ingalls, Pascagoula, USA	28.6.1941	15.1.1942	9.4.1943	to USA 5.1946
Fencer (ex-ACV14 Croatan)	D64, R308	77	Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco, USA	5.9.1941	4.4.1942	20.2.1943 // 27.2.1943	to USA 12.1946
Stalker* (ex-AVG15 Hamlin)	D91	65	Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco, USA	6.10.1941	5.3.1942	30.12.1942	to USA 12.1945
Pursuer* (ex-ACV17 St. George, ex-Mormacland)	D73, R309	296	Ingalls, Pascagoula, USA	31.7.1941	18.7.1942	14.6.1943	to USA 2.1946
Striker (ex-ACV19 Prince William)	D12, R315	78	Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco, USA	15.12.1941	7.5.1942	29.4.1943	to USA 2.1946
Searcher* (ex-ACV22)	D40	22	Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA	20.2.1942	20.6.1942	8.4.1943	to USA 11.1945
Ravager (ex-ACV24 Charger)	D70	24	Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA	11.4.1942	16.7.1942	26.4.1943	to USA 2.1946

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	10200
Displacement full, t	14170
Length, m	149.9 - 151.2
Breadth, m	21.2 wl 24.0 fd
Draught, m	7.19 deep load
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 set geared steam turbines, 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers
Power, h. p.	8500
Max speed, kts	18.5
Fuel, t	oil 3018 - 3160
Endurance, nm(kts)	26000(15)
Armament	2 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 9, 4 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors Mk 1.2, up to 14 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk 1.2, up to 7 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk 1.2, 18 - 24 aircraft (Fulmar, Sea Hurricane, Seafire, Martlet, Corsair fighters, Swordfish, Albacore, Barracuda torpedo bombers) Searcher: 2 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 9, 8 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors Mk.1/2, 10 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk.1/2, 18 - 24 aircraft (Fulmar, Sea Hurricane, Seafire, Martlet, Corsair fighters, Swordfish, Albacore, Barracuda torpedo bombers)
Electronic equipment	SC, SG radars
Complement	646

Air group

Year	Fighters	torpedo bombers	Flying boats
12.1942 Attacker	---	4 Swordfish	---
6.1943 Battler	4 Seafire	9 Swordfish	---
7.1943 Attacker	19 Seafire	---	---
7.1943 Hunter	6 Seafire	6 Swordfish	---
8.1943 Hunter	20 Seafire	---	---
8.1943 Fencer	6 Seafire	9 Swordfish	---
9.1943 Battler	18 Seafire	---	---
9.1943 Stalker	19 Seafire	---	---
9.1943 Tracker	6 Seafire	9 Swordfish	---
10.1943 Battler	6 Seafire	12 Swordfish	---
10.1943 Stalker	---	6 Swordfish	---
10.1943 Tracker	6 Seafire	6 Swordfish	---
10.1943 Fencer	6 Seafire	9 Swordfish	1 Walrus
11.1943 Fencer	4 Wildcat, 4 Seafire	9 Swordfish	---
12.1943 Attacker	20 Seafire	---	---
12.1943 Tracker	6 Seafire	9 Swordfish	---
12.1943 Striker	6 Sea Hurricane	9 Swordfish	---
1.1944 Tracker	7 Wildcat	12 Avenger	---
2.1944 Fencer	9 Wildcat	11 Swordfish	---
2.1944 Chaser	11 Wildcat	11 Swordfish	---
2.1944 Pursuer	20 Wildcat	---	---
4.1944 Attacker	28 Seafire	---	---
4.1944 Tracker	9 Wildcat	11 Swordfish	---
4.1944 Searcher	20 Wildcat	---	---
4.1944 Striker	6 Sea Hurricane	12 Swordfish	---
5.1944 Battler	6 Wildcat	12 Swordfish	---
5.1944 Stalker	23 Seafire	---	---
5.1944 Hunter	24 Seafire	1 Swordfish	---
5.1944 Striker	12 Wildcat	12 Swordfish	---
6.1944 Fencer	18 Wildcat	---	---
6.1944 Striker	10 Wildcat	12 Swordfish	---
7.1944 Attacker	20 Seafire	---	---
8.1944 Pursuer	24 Wildcat IV	---	---
8.1944 Striker	10 Wildcat	12 Swordfish	---
8.1944 Searcher	28 Wildcat	---	---
8.1944 Pursuer	24 Wildcat	---	---
9.1944 Stalker	20 Seafire	---	---
9.1944 Hunter	20 Seafire	---	---
9.1944 Searcher	20 Wildcat	---	---
9.1944 Pursuer	20 Wildcat	---	---
10.1944 Tracker	6 Wildcat	10 Avenger	---
10.1944 Fencer	8 Wildcat	4 Avenger	---
2.1945 Searcher	20 Wildcat, 2 Firefly	---	---
2.1945 Chaser	24 Seafire	---	---
4.1945 Stalker	24 Seafire	---	---
4.1945 Hunter	25 Seafire	---	---
6.1945 Stalker	24 Seafire	---	1 Walrus

Graphics

Aircraft facilities(fd - 3,204 (3,293)m², ha - ~ 1,500m² / 8,250m³)

 (fd - 3,204 (3,293)m², ha - ~ 1,500m² / 8,250m³): Flight deck: 134.1 (later lengthened to 137.2m)x25.0m, hangar: 79.5x18.9x5.50m. There were 2 lifts (12.6x10.1m, 6.3t) and 1 catapult H-II (3.2t plane was launched at 113km/h). Aircraft fuel stowage was 689,000l, but immediately after commissioning stowage was decreased to 186,000-240,000l.  

Project history

USN Bogue class aircraft carriers transferred by lend-lease to RN. They differed from USN carriers by number of air group (20 instead of 28), aviation fuel stowage decreased to 225,000l and other artillery.

Modernizations 1.

1943, Battler: - 2 x 1 - 102/50; + 3 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V

1943, Battler: - 1 x 1 - 102/45

7/1945, Pursuer: number of Oerlikons reduced; + 4 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk I/II

7/1945, Striker: number of Oerlikons reduced to 4 x 1 - 20/70; + 6 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk I/III

7/1945, Fencer: number of Oerlikons reduced; + 7 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk I/III

1.1946, Attacker, Chaser, Fencer, Ravager: 2 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 13, 4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, up to 14 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, up to 7 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 18 - 24 aircraft, SC, SG radar

1.1946, Battler: 2 x 1 - 102/45 HA Mk IV, 4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, up to 14 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, up to 7 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 18 - 24 aircraft, SC, SG radar

1.1946, Fencer: 2 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 13, 4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 7 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 10 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 18 - 24 aircraft, SC, SG radar

1.1946, Striker: 2 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 13, 4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 6 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 18 - 24 aircraft, SC, SG radar

Naval service

Tracker was damaged as a result of collision in June, 1944. Repair was lasted till September, 1944.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.