Category:HMS Nairana (D05)

**HMS Nairana**
	1943 Nairana-class escort carrier
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Instance of	escort carrier;
Country of origin	United Kingdom;
Operator	Royal Navy (1943–1946); Royal Netherlands Navy (1946–1948); Port Line (1948–1971);
Manufacturer	John Brown & Company;
Country of registry	United Kingdom;
Vessel class	Nairana-class escort carrier (lead ship, 1);
Service entry	12 December 1943;
Significant event	ship commissioning (Royal Navy, 1943); ship launching (1943); ship decommissioning (Royal Navy, 1946); keel laying (1941); ship commissioning (Royal Netherlands Navy, 1946); ship decommissioning (Royal Netherlands Navy, 1948);
Different from	HMS Nairana; ARA Veinticinco de Mayo; HNLMS Karel Doorman; Belgian frigate Leopold I;
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History edit

02/11/1941 Laid down for Port Line Ltd, London. Her intended name was PORT PIRIE. Construction delayed as yard labour diverted to work on naval tonnage.
09/07/1942 Purchased on the stocks by the Admiralty for 'Special Service'.
20/05/1943: Launched as the escort carrier HMS NAIRANA.
12/12/1943: Completed. Her armament comprised 2 4", 16 2pdr and 16 20mm guns, and 18 aircraft.
03/1946 until 1948 Loaned to the Royal Netherlands Navy as KAREL DOORMAN.
1948 Returned to the Admiralty.
06/1948 Repurchased by Port Line Ltd, sent to Belfast for re-conversion to merchant ship and renamed PORT VICTOR. *16/06/1948 Registered at London and given official number 181935. (Tonnage 16205 gross)
10/1949 Departed on maiden commercial voyage.

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