KAREL DOORMAN escort aircraft carrier (1943/1946)

Karel Doorman 1946

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

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

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.

Year	Fighters
3.1946	14 Firefly F.1

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

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

sister-ship Vindex 1944

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

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KAREL DOORMAN escort aircraft carrier (1943/1946)

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