Planned Fleet Carriers (1945): Malta, Gibraltar, New Zealand, Africa. At the same level as the G3 Battlecruisers, B3 and Lion class Battleships, Surrey class cruisers and others, or the CVA-01 for the cold war, the Malta class aircraft carriers remains an interesting what-if the war dragged on post-1946 after Operation Olympic took place. They would … Read more
Royal Navy – Escort Aircraft Carriers (1942-44)HMS Slinger, Atheling, Emperor, Ameer, Begum, Trumpeter, Empress, Khedive, Speaker, Nabob, Premier, Shah, Patroller, Rajah, Ranee, Trouncer, Thane, Queen, Ruler, Arbiter, Smiter, Puncher, Reaper The 23 Ameer (Ruler) class CVE (escort carriers), alongside with the 11 Attacker and 3 Avengers, made the largest bulk of escorts carriers in the … Read more
Royal Navy – Escort Aircraft Carriers (1942-43)HMS Avenger, Biter, Dasher, Charger (recom. USN as CVE-30) Avenger class escort aircraft carriers: It was made up of three ships, based on the US built standard C3 hulls, the same as for HMS Archer, and thus built in the US and prvovided under lend-lease, the first of a … Read more
United Kingdom, escort aircraft carrier (1939-1962) HMS Archer was a Long Island-class escort carrier based on a C3 cargo, MV Mormacland, converted and used under lend lease by the Royal Navy in WW2 as HMS Archer. Her was plagues by transmission issues and eventually this caused her to be withdrawn from front-line service. She became … Read more
United Kingdom – 19 Hybrid Merchant Escort Aircraft Carrier (1942-45): MV Empire MacAlpine, MacAndrew, MacCallum, MacDermott, MacKendrick, MacRae; MacCabe, MacColl, MacKay, MacMahon; MV Acavus, Adula, Alexia, Amastra, Ancylus, Gadila, Macoma, Miralda, Rapana. Although not the best-known aircraft carriers, MAC-ships (Merchant Aircraft Carriers, to not mix with the Merchant Armed Cruisers) illustrated the most extreme form … Read more
