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Many of the US escort ships are nuclear too. Not all, but many of them. This doesn't include the supply ships, but they and any rotating escorts can certainly keep the primary units (carriers) on station almost indefinitely if required. Even crew change outs aren't unheard of.

Even if the carrier is conventionally powered, supply ships rotate all the time.
 
Yes, we like our ships, and will fight even harder for our shipyards. One of the few yards left to work on 688 class subs is on the "Base closer list" :(

Tracked that is a strange avitar;)

Carriers can if needed carry fuel and stocks for the task force for a short time.
 
I hope you succeed MP in keeping the yard open as much for the jobs of the dockyard works as for anything the UK ship industry is virtually gone out of exsistance. I think the two planned RN carriers are going to be built in France, unbelievable. :rolleyes:
 
That's really too bad, tracks. :confused:
I mean that sort of nonsense has been going on here in Canada for years, but when the UK starts getting to the point where they have to contract foreign companies for military contracts, I take it as a bad sign indeed. :rolleyes:
 
On the subject of Saratoga, though, let me look around for joint operations with Victorious information and get back. I think I've gone down that road before and there's scant available, but it won't hurt to look again.

Thanks very much. I'm looking forward for your post.

Max
 
Tracked, yes, that is bad. But sadder more is that the great tradition of ships and the RN is well not doing well. The aircraft I can understand, but if it is true that the two fleet carriers are really not going to be built at one of the fine and few remaining yards in Britten then well we should have a memorial for the RN :(
 
I find it hard to believe. I know the UK is not in the same league as USA monetarily but its still a member of the G8 for Christ sake
 
R Leonard Quoted
On the subject of Saratoga, though, let me look around for joint operations with Victorious information and get back. I think I've gone down that road before and there's scant available, but it won't hurt to look again.

Maxs75 Quoted
Thanks very much. I'm looking forward for your post.

20th December 1942 HMS Victorious set sail for Pearl Harbour

Thursday 4th March 1943 HMS Victorious arrived at Pearl Harbour, and became a unit of the US Pacific Fleet, she was known as USS Robin

Saturday 8th May Victorious set sail from Pearl Harbour with the Battleship USS North Carolina and the Destroyers USS Smith, Pringle Case. she had on board 16 Avengers of of 832 Squadron 36 Martletts of 882, 896 898 Squadrons.

17th May she arrived at the French Island of New Caledonia,

18th May set sail with the other units of task force 14 including the Battleships USS Massachusetts Indiana, the Cruiser USS San Juan the Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. This was to intercept a Japanese force approaching the Coral Sea, but the force turned back to New Calenonia on the 20th May, as the Japanese force had turned around, arriving at New Caledonia on the 25th May

27th June The Task Group 36.3 HMS Victorious USS Saratoga with various other ships set sail to support the landings on New Georgia of the Solomon Islands, they arrived off New Georgia in the early hours of 30th June. The 2 Carriers opperating aircraft at a distance of 150 Miles off shore, after succesfully supporting the landings both Carriers returned to New Caledonia on the 21st July, during the return voyage both Carriers operated each others aircraft, anchoring on the 25th July.

Thursday 12th August she set sail for Pearl Harbour home as the new Essex Independance class Carriers were being commisioned, HMS Victorious arrived back in the UK on the 26th September.

This is just basic info as she did a lot of training on American Aircraft Carrier operating techniques, and also had to have her gun sponsons removed and replaced for her passage through the Panama Canal.

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source HMS Victorious 1937 to 1969 Neil McCart
ISBN Number 1 901225 01 1
 
Thank You Andrew.
Is it possible to have additional infos about the air operation for the New Georgia landings. Did Saratoga and Victorious exchanged their planes only on the way back to Noumea? Adn did they operated CONTINOUSLY for almost a month? It would have been a very large amount of time for that period.

Max
 
Just as a side note, the French nuclear carrier Charles de Gaulle is here in Halifax for the weekend.
 

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maxs75 said:
Thank You Andrew.
Is it possible to have additional infos about the air operation for the New Georgia landings. Did Saratoga and Victorious exchanged their planes only on the way back to Noumea? Adn did they operated CONTINOUSLY for almost a month? It would have been a very large amount of time for that period.

Max

Both HMS Victorious USS Saratoga cross operated their aircraft on the 16th June which was before the landings in New Georgia. The book states that they operated for 28 days in the target area by day well into the night .


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Andrew thanks. I never really read up on the RN carriers that early in S uperations. Did the Victorious go on to convoy work over the atlantic? That would have been a nice convoy to ride in?

Nonskimmer, the French carrier looks a lot different then the USN designs, I gess it is the island, so tall and square ;)
 
It's not the shape so much as the location. It's situated much further forward than on the US carriers.

Here's a better pic.
 

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