BLACKBURN naval aviation store carriers (1945-1946)
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Ripon | F106 | Pollock, Faversham | 15.3.1945 | 8.1945 | BU 2.1959 | ||
| Roc | F122 | Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay | 28.3.1945 | 1945 | sold 1959 | ||
| Walrus, 1953- Skua | F116 | Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay | 28.5.1945 | 1945 | sold 1962 | ||
| Blackburn | F113 | Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay | 4.2.1946 | 1946 | RNVR drill ship 1950, sold 1968 | ||
| Seafox | F114 | Pollock, Faversham | 16.5.1946 | 11.1946 | sold 12.1958 | ||
| Sea Gladiator | Pollock, Faversham | 18.12.1948 | --- // 9.1949 | completed mercantile | |||
| Sea Hurricane | Pollock, Faversham | 24.9.1949 | --- // 2.1950 | completed mercantile |
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Displacement standard, t |
990 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
64.0 or 52.6 |
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Breadth, m |
10.7 or 9.10 |
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Draught, m |
4.19 or 3.05 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Crossley diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
960 |
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Max speed, kts |
10.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 60 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
Ripon, Roc, Walrus: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV Blackburn, Seafox: 1 x 1 - 76/40 HA/LA Mk IX, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III |
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Complement |
Aircraft facilities: There were 6t and 12t derricks to handle seaplanes.
Project history: Ships were intended to seaplanes maintenance.
Modernizations: none.
1/1946: 1 x 1 - 76/40 HA/LA Mk IX, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III
Naval service: no significant events.
Ripon 1946
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