Atlantic Conveyor 1982
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Atlantic Causeway | 1 | Swan Hunter, Walker on Tyne | 2.4.1969 | 11.1969 // 14.4.1982 | returned late 1982 | ||
| Atlantic Conveyor | 2 | Swan Hunter, Walker on Tyne | 25.8.1969 | 3.1970 // 14.4.1982 | sunk 28.5.1982 |
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Displacement standard, t |
14950 BRT 18146 dwt |
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Displacement full, t |
~35000 |
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Length, m |
212.0 oa 197.0 pp |
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Breadth, m |
28.1 |
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Draught, m |
9.0 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
4 sets Associated Electrical Industries geared steam turbines, 2 boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
38500 |
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Max speed, kts |
23 |
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Fuel, t |
oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
14 VSTOL attackers, 11 helicopters |
| Electronic equipment |
radars |
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Complement |
165 |
Aircraft facilities: Aircraft based on deck.
| Year | VSTOL attackers | helicopters |
| 5.1982, Atlantic Causeway | --- | 8 Sea King HAS.2A, 20 Wessex HU.5 |
| 5.1982, Atlantic Conveyor | 8 Sea Harrier FRS.1, 6 Harrier GR.3 | 4 Chinook HC.1, 6 Wessex |
Project history: Former container ships, requisitioned by MoD and used as aircraft support ships. Aircraft was based on deck and all aircraft equipment was stowed in containers.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Atlantic Conveyor was attacked 25.5.1982 in 90nm NE of Port Stanley (Falklands) by two Argentine Super Etendard fighter-bombers, one AM39 Exoset ASM hit the ships. Atlantic Conveyor sunk 28.5.1982 under tow.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
Atlantic Conveyor 1982
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