Escort carriers

Avenger / Charger class

5 ships

The Avenger / Charger class escort carrier HMS Dasher. She was lost on 27 Mar 1943.

Type	Escort carrier
Displacement	15120 / 16000 (Charger) BRT
Length	492 feet
Complement	550 / 856 (Charger) men
Armament	3 4/50 DP guns. 19 20 mm AA. Charger; 1 5/38 DP gun. 4 single 3/50 AA guns. 4 quad 40 mm AA. Aircraft: 15 (Charger in US service up to 36).
Max speed	16.5 knots
Engines	Doxford diesels 1 shaft
Power	8500 hp
Notes on class	These ships were all built in the US in 1941-1942. One of them, USS Charger served in the U.S.N.

All ships of the Avenger / Charger class:

Royal Navy (more on Royal Navy)

HMS Avenger (D 14) (lost 15 Nov 1942)
HMS Biter (D 97)
HMS Charger (D 27) (To the United States as USS Charger)
HMS Dasher (D 37) (lost 27 Mar 1943)

US Navy (more on US Navy)

USS Charger (CVE 30)

2 escort carriers of the Avenger / Charger class lost.

Avenger / Charger class ships hit by U-boats (1)
15 Nov 1942	HMS Avenger	Sunk	U-155