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HMCS Puncher

Page history last edited by PBworks 15 years, 7 months ago

PUNCHER

Details

Construction DataSource
Name(1943) Willapa (US Navy)

(1943) Puncher (British Navy)

(February 1944) Puncher (Canadian Navy)

(16-January-1946) Puncher (US Navy)

(1949) Muncaster Castle (cargo ship, British register)

(1954) Bardic (or Barolic (2)(cargo ship, British register)

(1959) Ben Nevis (Ben Line, British register)

Pennant NumberD 79
Typeescort aircraft carrier

1949:cargo ship

Class
Shipyard (Yd No.)Seattle-Tacoma Co.
Designer
Ordered
Laid down21-May-1943
Launched8-November-1943
Completed5-February-1944
Commissioned
End1973

 

Technical data

 

Sources
Displacement11400 ts std; 14170 ts full
Dimensions150.80 (oa)x21.20/31.10x7.01/7.52m

landing deck 137.50x24.40; air hangar 79.20x18.90 m

Propulsion1 screw; 1 Allis Chamber steam turbine; 2 Foster Wheeler boilers:

8500HP; 18 kts; 3160 ts oil; 27500 miles/11 kts;

12000 miles/15 kts

Armament2×127/38 AA Mk12,12×40AA (6xII),23×20AA(8×II,7×I),12 aircrafts Barracuda, 2 lifst, 1 catapult
Protectiontpl 114
Sensorsnavigation radar SG; air control radar SK
Crew646/890

 

Service

 

DateEventSource
21-May-1943laid down as Willapa for the US Navy
8-November-1943launched
1943leased to the British Navy, renamed 'Puncher'
5-February-1944completed
February-1944transferred to the Canadian Navy
July-1944aircraft transport
1-February-1945joined Home Fleet
16-January-1946returned to the US Navy
12-MArch-1946stricken
9-January-1947sold
1949resold, became ts/s 'Muncaster Castle'
1954renamed 'Bardi' (Barolic?)
1959renamed 'Ben Nevis' (Ben Line, British registry)
11-June-1973arrived Taiwan for breaking up

 

Commanders

 

DateNameSource

 

Sources

 

1. Internet

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

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