Here is another pic of HMS Begum, and you can clearly see its one and the same , just like Hugh said! Great ! Thanks Hugh! This Pic is almost a Replica of the one Posted in the Question!
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Here is another pic of HMS Begum, and you can clearly see its one and the same , just like Hugh said! Great ! Thanks Hugh! This Pic is almost a Replica of the one Posted in the Question!
Cheers
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Des, that is the one I was thinking of.
Vernon, that photo looks like a ship with a cut and paste for a flight deck.
But a number of UCL it was claimed could in the event of war be converted to carriers.
Thanks Hugh for a very informative interesting post, however it does describe the Begum as being constructed on the design of the C3 Freighter hull, which was the hull the 'Victory' ships (18knots +) were built on, I remember them well I was on a 1943 built 15 knotter and quite proud of our speed we were overtaken by a Victory vessel which made us look as if we were going backwards. I always envied their cargo gear, especially their very robust cargo blocks rather than the thin cheeked efforts British ships were supplied withQuote:
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Hi Ivan,
Looking at my choice of words,It still is - I was trying to agree with you but failed miserably with my choice of words :) - it was late.Quote:
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Regared
Hugh
Could have been the Pussers Rum Hugh !! :cripes:Quote:
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Haha! It has been years since I have tried Pussers but the uisge beatha may have had a part to play:th_thth5952deef:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ivan Cloherty
I am almost certain the Unidentified ship is HMS Shah [see photos from https://www.royalnavyresearcharchive...CORT/SHAH.htm]Attachment 36752Attachment 36753
There were a lot of auxilliary aircraft carriers built on the C3 Freighter Hull, I remember reading somewhere that the USN ended up with 60 plus aircraft carriers at the end of WWll, this total included all types, dedicated carriers as well as improvised ones.
The C3 Hull was designed to accommodate a number of ship types for the USN, including Frigates, destroyers etc, it was designed to reach 28 knots without the need for supplementary panting beams for'd, like the Liberty ship, built by the mile and cut off in yards many inspected by the famous surveyor 'Kilroy was here' painted on bulkheads, he was so busy he had no time to write reports, as legend would have it, but he actually existed.
HMS Begum was an Ameer class escort carrier built by Seattle-Tacoma and laid down on 03/08/1942 and completed on the 03/08/1943.The ship was 15390 tons at deep load and could carry between 18 and 24 aircraft. Powered by a steam turbine supplied by 2 Foster Wheeler boilers giving her a speed of 18 knots. Survived the war and returned to the USA in 1946.
The Ameer class comprised of some 20 vessels of which 18 survived the war. Nabob and Thane were declared constructive losses from torpedo hits on the stern. Of interest to me is Thane which was hit about 30 miles from where I live.