NAVYPEDIA

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sister-ship Vindex 1944 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Karel Doorman (ex-Nairana)		577	John Brown, Clydebank, UK	6.11.1941	20.5.1943	12.12.1943 // 3.1946	returned to UK 5.1948

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	13825
Displacement full, t	17210
Length, m	159.7 oa 161.1 max
Breadth, m	20.7 wl
Draught, m	7.16 normal load 7.82 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Doxford diesels
Power, h. p.	10700
Max speed, kts	16
Fuel, t	diesel oil 1655
Endurance, nm(kts)	13000(15)
Armament	1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk XIX, 4 x 4 - 40/39 Mk VII, 8 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 21 aircraft (Firefly F.1 fighters)
Electronic equipment	type 277, type 281В, type 293 radars
Complement	700 - 728

Air group

Year	3.1946
Fighters	14 Firefly F.1

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Aircraft facilities

 (fd - 3,124m², ha - 1,309m² / 6,979m³): Flight deck was 153.3x19.8m, hangar was 70.4 x 18.6 x 5.33m. There was a lift (13.7 x 10.4m, 4.6t) and 1 catapult C-II (6.4t plane was launched at122 km/h). Aircraft fuel stowage was 236,000l.   

Project history

Ex-British escort aircraft carrier, acquired on loan in 1946 and returned two years later.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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