[Celtic Conservative]

Looks ike an escort or “jeep” carrier. Just enough planes to protect a convoy from enemy aircraft.

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[GeronL]

it probably was laid down as an escort carrier

in 1943!!

[okie01]

Looks ike an escort or “jeep” carrier. Just enough planes to protect a convoy from enemy aircraft.

A little bigger than that. When built, the HMS Hercules was styled as a "light fleet carrier" displacing around 19K tons.

For comparison, the "jeep carriers" displaced 9-11,000 tons while the Essex class displaced up to 37K tons.