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HMCS Nabob

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NABOB

Construction Data	Infos	Source
Name	(1943) Edisto/CVE 41 (US Navy) (1943) Nabob (British Navy) (September-1943) Nabob (Canadian Navy) (16-March-1946) Nabob (US Navy) (26-October-1946/or1951) Nabob (Dutch, merchant) (1952) Nabob (German, merchant) (1968) Glory (Panamian, merchant)
Pennant Number	D 77
Type	escort aircraft carrier (1946)cargo ship
Class	Prince William class
Shipyard (Yd No.)	Seattle-Tacoma Co.
Designer
Ordered
Laid down	20-October-1942
Launched	9-March-1943
Completed	7-September-1943
Commissioned
End	1977

		Sources
Displacement	11400 ts std; 15390 ts full
Dimensions	151.13(oa)x21.17/32.60x7.01/7.75 m landing deck 137.50x24.40; air hangar 79.20x18.90 m
Propulsion	1 screw; 1 Allis Chamber steam turbine; 2 Foster Wheeler boilers: 8500HP; 18 kts; 3160 ts oil; 27500 miles/11 kts; 12000 miles/15 kts
Armament	(1943)2×127/38AA Mk 12,16×40AA(8xII) Bofors,20×20AA (10xII) Oerlikon, 18 aircrafts Wildcat and Avenger; 2 lifts 1 catapult (19..)2×127/38AA Mk 12,16×40AA Bofors (8xII),27-35×20AA Oerlikon (xII), 18 aircrafts Wildcat and Avenger; 2 lifts 1 catapult
Protection	tpl 114
Sensors	navigation radar SG; air control radar SK
Crew	646/890

Date	Event	Source
20-October-1942	laid down as Edisto/CVE 41 for the US Navy
9-March-1943	launched
1943	transferred to the British Navy, renamed 'Nabob'
7-September-1943	completed
September-1943	transferred to the Canadian Navy
1943	commissioned, Atlantic station
1-August-1944	Home Fleet
9-11-August-1944	Norway
18-27-August-1944	Norway
22-August-1944	west off the North Cape; heavily damaged by torpedo from the German submmarine 'U354'; 21 killed; not repaired
30-September-1944	decommissioned
16-March-1946	nominally returned to the USA
16-March-1946	stricken from the US Navy
26-October-1946	sold to Holland
September-1947	left for BU in Holland	2
1948	commissioned as ts/s 'Nabob'	1
or 1951	resold, retained name 'Nabob'	2
1952	German registered
1968	transferred to Panama, renamed 'Glory'
6-December-1977	arrived Taiwan for breaking up

Date	Name	Source

1. Internet

2. J.J. Colledge, B. Warlow, Ships of the Royal Navy, London 2006

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