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|Ship image= HNLMS Gadila.jpg |
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|Ship caption= MV Gadila |
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|Ship country=Netherlands |
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|Ship flag=[[File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|60px]] |
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|Ship name=''Gadila'' |
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|Ship builder=Howaldtswerke, [[Kiel]] |
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|Ship launched=1 December 1934 |
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|Ship fate=Scrapped Hong Kong 1958 |
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|Ship honours=Atlantic convoys |
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{{Infobox ship characteristics |
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|Ship tonnage={{GRT|7999}} |
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|Ship displacement= |
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|Ship length=*{{convert|463|ft|m|abbr=on}} pp |
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* {{convert|481|ft|m|abbr=on}} oa |
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|Ship beam={{convert|59|ft|m|abbr=on}} |
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|Ship draught={{convert|27|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |
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|Ship propulsion=*Diesel |
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* one shaft |
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* 4,000 bhp |
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|Ship speed={{convert|13|kn|km/h|lk=in}} |
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|Ship complement=100 |
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|Ship armament=*1 × [[QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII|{{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on}}]] gun |
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* 8 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm]] |
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|Ship armour= |
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|Ship aircraft=Four [[Fairey Swordfish]] |
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|Ship notes= |
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Entered service as MAC ship March 1944. |
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MV ''Gadila'' was built at the [[Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft|Howaldtswerke]], [[Kiel]], [[Germany]] and completed 11 April 1935 as an oil tanker for the [[Royal Dutch Shell|Royal Dutch/Shell]] line. She was converted at [[Smith's Dock Company|Smith's Dock]], [[North Shields]] between April 1943 and 1 February 1944. She entered service as a MAC ship in March 1944, and operated under the Netherlands Mercantile Marine flag.<ref name="Fleet Air Arm Archive">{{cite web | url=http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/ships/GADILA.htm | accessdate=2009-01-26 | title=MV GADILA Aircraft Carrier Profile | work=Fleet Air Arm Archive | url-status=usurped | archive-date=28 June 2002 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020628050307/http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/ships/GADILA.htm }}</ref> |
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Displacement 8,000 tons. Converted by Smith's Yard, [[North Shields]]. |
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As a MAC ship, she had no aircraft hangar, and continued to carry normal cargoes with a mercantile ship's crew, although operating under [[Great Britain|British]] [[Royal Navy]] control. Only her air crew and the aviation support staff were Naval personnel.<ref name="H.T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge 296">{{cite book | title = Warships of World War II | author = H.T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge | year = 1973 | isbn = 0-7110-0403-X | publisher= Ian Allan | page = 296}}</ref> In the case of the ''Gadila'', these were provided by the [[Royal Netherlands Navy]] and served as elements of [[Fleet Air Arm]] [[860 Naval Air Squadron|860 (Dutch) Naval Air Squadron]]. |
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This ship had an air party provided by the [[Royal Netherlands Navy]]. |
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The ''Gadila'' and her sister [[MV Macoma|MV ''Macoma'']] were the first aircraft carrying vessels with a flight deck to be operated under the flag of the [[Netherlands]].<ref name="H.T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge 296"/> |
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At the end of the war, ''Gadila'' was reconverted to an entirely mercantile oil tanker and served in this capacity until [[Ship breaking|broken up for scrap]] in [[Hong Kong]] in 1958. |
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[[Category:Merchant aircraft carriers|Gadila]] |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist|1}} |
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{{Rapana class merchant aircraft carriers}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gadila}} |
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[[Category:Rapana-class merchant aircraft carriers of the Netherlands Merchantile Marine|Gadila]] |
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[[Category:1934 ships]] |
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[[Category:Ships built in Kiel]] |
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[[Category:World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom]] |
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Latest revision as of 15:36, 4 January 2024
 MV Gadila
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| Name | Gadila |
| Builder | Howaldtswerke, Kiel |
| Launched | 1 December 1934 |
| Honours and awards | Atlantic convoys |
| Fate | Scrapped Hong Kong 1958 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 7,999 GRT |
| Length |
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| Beam | 59 ft (18 m) |
| Draught | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
| Complement | 100 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | Four Fairey Swordfish |
MV Gadila was one of nine Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell oil tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship). The group is sometimes collectively known as the Rapana class.
MV Gadila was built at the Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany and completed 11 April 1935 as an oil tanker for the Royal Dutch/Shell line. She was converted at Smith's Dock, North Shields between April 1943 and 1 February 1944. She entered service as a MAC ship in March 1944, and operated under the Netherlands Mercantile Marine flag.[1]
As a MAC ship, she had no aircraft hangar, and continued to carry normal cargoes with a mercantile ship's crew, although operating under British Royal Navy control. Only her air crew and the aviation support staff were Naval personnel.[2] In the case of the Gadila, these were provided by the Royal Netherlands Navy and served as elements of Fleet Air Arm 860 (Dutch) Naval Air Squadron.
The Gadila and her sister MV Macoma were the first aircraft carrying vessels with a flight deck to be operated under the flag of the Netherlands.[2]
At the end of the war, Gadila was reconverted to an entirely mercantile oil tanker and served in this capacity until broken up for scrap in Hong Kong in 1958.
References
[edit]- ^ "MV GADILA Aircraft Carrier Profile". Fleet Air Arm Archive. Archived from the original on 28 June 2002. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b H.T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge (1973). Warships of World War II. Ian Allan. p. 296. ISBN 0-7110-0403-X.
