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NavSource Online: Escort Carrier Photo Archive

(ACV-24) / HMS RAVAGER (D70)
(later CVE-24)

Contributed by Tommy Trampp

Battle Honours

Atlantic 1943

CLASS - BOGUE
Displacement 7,800 Tons, Dimensions, 495' 8" (oa) x 69' 6" x 26' (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/51 4 x 40mm, 10 x 20mm, 28 Aircraft.
Machinery, 8,500 SHP; Allis-Chambers, Geared Turbines, 1 screw
Speed, 17.5 Knots, Crew 890.
FATE
Stricken, 12 April 1946 (Navy Dept. Bulletin, 46-845, p. 20).

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
NS0302402	61k	HMS *Ravager* underway, with a single Avenger strike aircraft on deck. Date and location unknown (Fleet Air Arm Museum).	Courtesy of Tony Drury, Royal Navy Escort Carriers
NS0302405	47k	HMS *Ravager*, date and location unknown.	Submitted by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
NS0302406	38k	A Grumman Hellcat F.Mk.II landing on escort carrier HMS *Ravager* as the batsman makes the all-clear signal. Photo taken by unknown Royal Navy official photographer. ID 21287 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.	Robert Hurst
NS0302408	38k	Undated image of a Royal Navy Fairey Barracuda T.B.Mk.II about to take off from the escort carrier HMS *Ravager* (D70) whilst she is at sea. Photo taken by an unidentified Royal Navy official photographer. Photo # A 21284 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.	Robert Hurst
NS0302409	39k	Undated image of a Royal Navy Fairey Barracuda T.B.Mk.II landing-on while the batsman makes the appropriate signals on board HMS *Ravager* (D70). Photo taken by an unidentified Royal Navy official photographer. Photo # A 21286 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.	Robert Hurst
NS0302411	38k	Undated picture of a Royal Navy Grumman Hellcat F. Mk.II about to land on HMS *Ravager* (D70) as the batsman makes the all-clear signal. Photo taken by an unknown Royal Navy official photographer. Photo # A 21288 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.	Robert Hurst
NS0302410	32k	A Royal Navy Grumman Avenger of No. 846 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm landing on, as seen from the side safety cockpits on board HMS *Ravager* (D70). The arrestor hook is just making contact with the deck. Photo taken by an unknown Royal Navy Official photographer. Photo # A 21290 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.	Robert Hurst
NS0302412	34k	A Royal Navy Grumman Hellcat F. Mk.II hauled to a halt by an arrestor wire aboard HMS *Ravager* (D70). It has been pulled taut by the aircraft's arrestor hook. Photo taken by an unknown Royal Navy Official photographer. Photo # A 21293 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.	Robert Hurst
NS0302413	52k	Royal Navy Grumman Hellcat F.Mk.IIs warming up on the flight deck of HMS *Ravager* (D70). Photo taken by an unknown Royal Navy Official photographer. Photo # A 21294 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.	Robert Hurst
NS0302414	27k	A Taylorcraft Auster landing on HMS *Ravager* (D70) whilst she is at sea. Photo by unknown Royal Navy official photographer. This photograph A 21295 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence.	Robert Hurst
NS0302403	110k	The British escort aircraft carrier HMS *Ravager* (D70) moored at Greenock, Scotland, 12 August 1943. Photo by Royal Navy official photographer Lieutenant S.J. Beadell. Imperial War Museum, photo no.: A 18728.	Robert Hurst Mike Green
NS0302401	84k	HMS *Ravager* (D70) underway on 11 November 1944, with a deck load of Fleet Air Arm Avengers and Corsairs. U.S. National Archives photo. Photo and text from Aircraft Carriers of the World, 1914 to the Present: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, by Roger Chesneau.	Robert Hurst
Commercial Service
NS0302404	64k	Ex-HMS *Ravager, rebuilt and renamed Robin Trent*, US flag, 1948.	Submitted by Gerhard Mueller-Debus