HMS Avenger (D14)

HMS Avenger (D14)

HMS "Avenger" (D14) was an escort aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy during World War II.

"Avenger" was one of four motorships laid down under Maritime Commission contract (Hull "Sun-59"), by the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. at Chester, Pennsylvania, and launched on 27 November 1940. In 1942 she was rebuilt from a US merchant ship, as the second of 38 converted C3 escort carriers turned over to Great Britain during the period 1941-1944.

She was commissioned as an escort carrier on 2 March 1942 and served with Convoy PQ-18 (sinking one U-boat on the journey), before participating in Operation Torch (the invasion of North Africa).

HMS "Avenger" was sunk by a German submarine as she was heading back from Africa to her home port Clyde on 15 November 1942. The explosion that sank her left only 12 survivors out of a total crew of 550 men. She was one of three US-built Royal Navy escort carriers sunk in World War II.

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