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The Malta-class aircraft carrier was a British large aircraft carrier design of World War II.Four ships were ordered in 1943 for the Royal Navy, but changing tactical concepts, based on American experience in the Pacific War, caused repeated changes to the design, which was not completed before the end of the war.
Malta class. Ship Aircraft Displacement Propulsion Fate HMS Malta: 80 56,800 long tons (57,711 t) ... British Aircraft Carriers: Design, Development and Service ...
Merchant Aircraft Carriers. Britain converted a total of nineteen merchant ships to Merchant Aircraft Carriers during the war. Nine of these were converted Royal Dutch Shell oil tankers, two of which operated under the flag of the Netherlands. [s] All served in the Atlantic theater and typically carried three or four Fairey Swordfish torpedo ...
Audacious-class carrier ordered 1943, changed to Malta-class carrier 1944, cancelled 1945. Akagi Japanese Navy: Akagi: Fleet carrier STOBAR: 1927–1942 Converted Amagi-class battlecruiser, Sunk 4 June 1942 at Midway: Alava Bay US Navy: CVE-103 Casablanca: Escort carrier CATOBAR — Renamed Roi 1943 before construction began. Alazon Bay US Navy ...
HMS Malta (1854) was a paddle steamer originally called Britannia and purchased in 1854. She was sold in 1856. HMS Malta (D93) was to have been the lead ship of the Malta-class aircraft carriers. She was laid down in 1944 but construction was cancelled in 1945.
HMS Indomitable was a modified Illustrious-class aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Originally planned to be the fourth of the class, she was redesigned to enable her to operate more aircraft, 48 instead of 36.
Jade-class aircraft carrier; Joffre-class aircraft carrier; Juan Carlos I-class amphibious assault ship; K. ... Malta-class aircraft carrier; Midway-class aircraft ...
There were other aircraft carrier designs built during the war which only entered service just prior to or after the end of hostilities such as the British Light Fleet Carrier, or the US Midway-class. There were also cancelled carriers such as the French Joffre-class, British Malta-class, the German "Aircraft carrier II" or Jade-class.