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HMS Avenger

Escort aircraft carrier
HMS Avenger was a Royal Navy escort aircraft carrier during the Second World War. In 1939 she was laid down as the merchant ship Rio-Hudson at the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company yard in Chester, Pennsylvania. Wikipedia
Launched: November 27, 1940
Length: 492′
Aircraft carried: 15 a mixture of; Fairey Swordfish; Hawker Sea Hurricane
Laid down: 28 November 1939