History
Name:HMS Nairana
Builder:John Brown & Company
Laid down:7 November 1941
Launched:20 May 1943
Commissioned:12 December 1943
Decommissioned:1946
Identification:Pennant number D05
Fate:Transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy
Name:HNLMS Karel Doorman
Namesake:Karel Doorman
Commissioned:23 March 1946
Decommissioned:28 May 1948
Fate:returned to Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Name:Port Victor
Operator:Port Line
Acquired:1948
Fate:Scrapped 1971
General characteristics
Class and type:Nairana-class escort carrier
Displacement:14,050 long tons (14,280 t)
Length:528 ft 6 in (161.09 m)
Beam:68 ft 6 in (20.88 m)
Draught:21 ft (6.4 m)
Installed power:11,000 hp (8,200 kW)
Propulsion:
  • 2 × diesel engines
  • 2 × screws
Speed:17 kn (20 mph; 31 km/h)
Complement:728
Armament:
  • 2 × 4 in (100 mm) Mk XVI guns
  • 16 × 2-pounder (40 mm (1.57 in)) "pom pom" anti-aircraft guns (4x4)
  • 16 × 20 mm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft autocannons (8x2)
Aircraft carried:15–20
Aviation facilities:
  • Hangar; 231 ft × 61 ft (70 m × 19 m)
  • 1 × lift; 45 ft × 34 ft (14 m × 10 m)
  • 8 × arrester wires