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HMS Biter (D97)
1942 Avenger-class escort carrier of the Royal Navy and French Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Biter and French ship Dixmude.
HMS Biter was a Royal Navy escort carrier during the Second World War. She was laid down as a merchant ship at the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company yard at Chester, Pennsylvania. Laid down on 28 December 1939, she was converted to an escort carrier and commissioned in the Royal Navy on 6 May 1942. She was returned to the United States in 1945 and subsequently lent to France.
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Name | Biter |
Ordered | C3-P&C |
Builder | Sun Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 28 December 1939 |
Launched | 18 December 1940 |
Commissioned | 6 May 1942 |
In service | 1942–1945 |
Homeport | HMNB Clyde |
Fate | Sold to France 1945 |
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Name | Dixmude |
Acquired | 1945 |
Commissioned | 9 April 1945 |
Decommissioned | 24 January 1951 |
Out of service | 1956 |
Honours and awards | Indo-China 1946 |
Fate | Sunk as target 10 June 1966 |
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Class and type | Avenger-class escort carrier |
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Length | 492 ft (150 m) |
Beam | 66 ft 3 in (20.19 m) |
Height | 23 ft 3 in (7.09 m) |
Installed power | 8,500 hp (6,300 kW) |
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Speed | 16.5 kn (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h) |
Complement | 555 |
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