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HMS Unicorn was an aircraft repair ship and light aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy in the late 1930s. She was completed during World War II and provided air cover over the amphibious landing at Salerno, Italy, in September 1943. The ship was transferred to the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean at the end of the year.
HMS Unicorn at a Japanese port (probably Sasebo) HMS Unicorn was an aircraft repair ship built for the Royal Navy in the late 1930s. The ship was initially completed as a light aircraft carrier and provided air cover over the amphibious landing at Salerno, Italy, in September 1943.
The 1942 Design Light Fleet Carriers were designed and constructed by civilian shipyards to serve as an intermediate step between the expensive, full-size fleet aircraft carriers and the less expensive but limited-capability escort carriers. Perseus and Pioneer were modified to operate as maintenance carriers.
John Paul DeJoria has pledged £20,000 to help fund vital repairs of the historic ship, which has resided in Dundee for almost 150 years.
[19] [18] [12] [10] On 26 July, the British freighter Inchkilda (former SS Fort Wilhelmus N3-S-A2) was attacked by 3 ROC-ACNSA gunboats south of the Wuqiu region, and was rescued by HMS Unicorn (I72, light aircraft carrier) after receiving the distress call; [20] [21] then Inchkilda was seized by the ROC Navy again on 24 October 1954, but ...
HMS Unicorn fleet maintenance carrier (1943) – sold for scrap 1959; Illustrious class. HMS Illustrious (1939) HMS Formidable (1939) HMS Victorious (1939) HMS Indomitable (1940) Implacable class. HMS Implacable (1942) HMS Indefatigable (1942) Audacious class. HMS Eagle (ex-Audacious) (1946) – decommissioned 1972
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HMS Unicorn is a surviving sailing frigate of the successful Leda class, although the original design had been modified by the time that the Unicorn was built, to incorporate a circular stern and "small-timber" system of construction. Listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, Unicorn is now a museum ship in Dundee, Scotland, United