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Nairana 1918

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Nairana	N94, N72	1016	Denny, Dumbarton	1914	21.6.1915	25.8.1917	sold 1920

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	3070
Displacement full, t
Length, m	107.3
Breadth, m	13.9
Draught, m	4.27
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 6 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	6300
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	oil 293
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	4 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 7 aircraft (WB.III, Short 184, Camel, Campania)
Complement	278

Air group

Year	Fighters	torpedo bombers	recon planes
1917	3 Beardmore WB.III	---	---
1919	2 Camel	---	5 Campania

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Aircraft facilities

Landplanes were stowed in forward hangar, launched from fwd deck and land ashore. Seaplanes were stowed in the aft hangar, fly-off from the water and returned by derricks.

Project history

The Nairana had been ordered for Huddart Parker in January 1914 but had been suspended after being launched to clear the slipway in 1915. Requisitioned 27 February 1917 for completion as a carrier by the builders. She was similar to the 1915 conversions but incorporated many wartime improvements. Landplanes were accommodated forward, seaplanes aft. Three main workshops were installed, and a 29m flying-off platform.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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