HMS Avenger

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Royal_Navy_ship
gptkbp:aircraft Fighter aircraft
40 aircraft
Torpedo_bombers
gptkbp:armament 8 × 40 mm Bofors guns
4 × 4 in (102 mm) guns
Anti-aircraft guns
20 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class Audacious-class aircraft carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 1942
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:crew_size 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
1946
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
North_Atlantic
gptkbp:displacement 20,000 tons
15,000 tons
gptkbp:fate Scrapped
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Avenger
gptkbp:launched 1941
gptkbp:length 804 feet
804 ft (245 m)
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Operation_Torch
Operation Overlord
Operation Dragoon
Supported D-Day landings
Participated_in_the_Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkbp:operationalRange Unlimited
gptkbp:powers 120,000 shp
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:radar Type 277 radar
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Indomitable
gptkb:HMS_Ark_Royal
gptkb:HMS_Centaur
gptkb:HMS_Eagle
gptkb:HMS_Audacious
gptkb:HMS_Illustrious
gptkb:HMS_Victorious
gptkb:HMS_Formidable
HMS Triumph
HMS Vengeance
HMS Biter
gptkbp:speed 30 knots
gptkbp:type Aircraft carrier