HMS Nairana (D05)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 7 November 1941 |
| Launched: | 20 May 1943 |
| Commissioned (RN): | 12 December 1943 |
| Commissioned (Dutch Navy): | 23 March 1946 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 May 1948 |
| Fate: | Merchant service as Port Victor. Scrapped 1971. |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 17,000 tons fully-loaded |
| Length: | 524 ft |
| Beam: | 68 ft |
| Draught: | 25 ft |
| Propulsion: | Diesel, 10,700 bhp |
| Speed: | 16 knots |
| Complement: | 728 |
| Armament: | 2 x 4" guns, 16 x 2pdr guns (4x4), 16 x 20mm guns (8x2) |
| Aircraft: | 15-20 |
HMS Nairana was an escort aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that saw service in World War II. She was built at John Brown & Company shipyards in Clydebank, Scotland. When construction started in 1941 she was intended as a merchant ship, but was completed and launched as an escort carrier, entering service at the end of 1943.
Nairana operated escorting convoys and doing anti-submarine work in the Atlantic and Arctic theatres. She survived the war, and in 1946 was transferred to the Dutch Navy as the Karel Doorman, the first Dutch aircraft carrier. In 1948 she was replaced in the Dutch Navy by another Karel Doorman (previously HMS Venerable). Nairana was returned to the Royal Navy, and immediately sold to Port Line, becoming the merchant ship Port Victor. In 1971 she was scrapped at Faslane.
See HMS Nairana for other ships of this name.
[edit] References
| Nairana-class escort carrier |
| Nairana | Vindex |
| List of escort aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy |
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