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other ships with the same name, see <a href="/wiki/USS_Glacier" title="USS Glacier">USS Glacier</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Atheling_(D51)_underway_on_22_December_1943.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/HMS_Atheling_%28D51%29_underway_on_22_December_1943.jpg/300px-HMS_Atheling_%28D51%29_underway_on_22_December_1943.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/HMS_Atheling_%28D51%29_underway_on_22_December_1943.jpg/450px-HMS_Atheling_%28D51%29_underway_on_22_December_1943.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/HMS_Atheling_%28D51%29_underway_on_22_December_1943.jpg/600px-HMS_Atheling_%28D51%29_underway_on_22_December_1943.jpg 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bold">Decommissioned</td><td>31 July 1943</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Transferred to <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></td></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/56px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="56" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/84px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/112px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United Kingdom</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>HMS <i>Atheling</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>28 October 1943</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>6 December 1946</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>7 February 1947</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Identification</td><td><a href="/wiki/Pennant_number" title="Pennant number">Pennant number</a>:D51</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Returned to US 13 December 1946. Sold as merchant ship, scrapped 1967</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Bogue-class_escort_carrier" title="Bogue-class escort carrier"><i>Bogue</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">escort carrier</a> (USA)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Ruler-class_escort_carrier" title="Ruler-class escort carrier"><i>Ruler</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">escort carrier</a> (UK)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>7,800 tons (full load)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>495 ft 7 in (151.05 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>26 ft 3 in (8.00 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>Steam turbines, 1 shaft, 8,500 shp (6.3 MW)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>18 knots (33 km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>890 officers and men</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td>2 × <a href="/wiki/4%22/50_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="4"/50 caliber gun">4"/50</a>, <a href="/wiki/5%22/38_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5"/38 caliber gun">5"/38</a> or <a href="/wiki/5%22/51_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5"/51 caliber gun">5"/51</a> guns</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aircraft carried</td><td>18-24</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>HMS <i>Atheling</i> (D51)</b> was a Royal Navy <a href="/wiki/Ruler-class_escort_carrier" title="Ruler-class escort carrier">Ruler-class escort carrier</a> of the Second World War. She was a US built ship provided under lend lease and returned to the US at the end of hostilities. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Atheling&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Atheling_SLV_H91.108.2080.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/HMS_Atheling_SLV_H91.108.2080.jpg/220px-HMS_Atheling_SLV_H91.108.2080.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/HMS_Atheling_SLV_H91.108.2080.jpg/330px-HMS_Atheling_SLV_H91.108.2080.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/HMS_Atheling_SLV_H91.108.2080.jpg/440px-HMS_Atheling_SLV_H91.108.2080.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4522" data-file-height="3344" /></a><figcaption>HMS <i>Atheling</i> in December 1945</figcaption></figure> <p>She was built by the <a href="/wiki/Seattle-Tacoma_Shipbuilding_Corporation" title="Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation">Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tacoma,_Washington" title="Tacoma, Washington">Tacoma, Washington</a>) under Maritime Commission Contract. She was launched 7 September 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Richard P. Luker. The ship was commissioned on 12 July 1943 as <b>USS <i>Glacier</i> AVG-33</b> under the command of Commander Ward C. Gilbert. Her designation was changed to CVE-33 on 15 July 1943. Final work was carried out at US Navy Yard Puget Sound in July and she was transferred to the Royal Navy on 31 July 1943 at <a href="/wiki/Vancouver,_British_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Vancouver, British Columbia">Vancouver, British Columbia</a> </p><p>Following formal transfer the ship was sent to the Royal Canadian Navy dockyard at <a href="/wiki/Esquimalt" title="Esquimalt">Esquimalt</a> for conversion for British use. Following the work she was commissioned as <i>Atheling</i> on 28 October. She sailed via the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a> and New York arriving at the Clyde UK in January 1944 and underwent further modification there to operate fighter aircraft. </p><p>Atheling ferried RN squadrons to the Far East in April 1944: <a href="/wiki/822_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="822 Naval Air Squadron">822 NAS</a> and <a href="/wiki/823_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="823 Naval Air Squadron">823 NAS</a> with their <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Barracuda" title="Fairey Barracuda">Fairey Barracudas</a> at <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Madras</a> on 11 April and <a href="/wiki/1837_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1837 Naval Air Squadron">1837 NAS</a> and <a href="/wiki/1838_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="1838 Naval Air Squadron">1838 NAS</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">Vought Corsair</a> II) disembarked at <a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">Ceylon</a> on 13 April, <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee" title="Trincomalee">Trincomalee</a> <i>Atheling</i> took on 1383 NAS and <a href="/wiki/899_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="899 Naval Air Squadron">899 NAS</a> aircraft and personnel; ten Corsair and ten <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Seafire" title="Supermarine Seafire">Supermarine Seafires</a> respectively. </p><p>From November 1944 into 1945, she was engaged on aircraft ferry duties for British and US fleets. After the war she was used as troopship before return to the US. </p><p>From October 1945 to April 1946, her commanding officer was Capt. <a href="/wiki/John_Gilchrist_Inglis" title="John Gilchrist Inglis">John Inglis</a>, who was to become director of <a href="/wiki/Naval_Intelligence_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom)">Naval Intelligence</a> in July 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-Career_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Career-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Atheling</i> put into <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a>, 6 December 1946 for return to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. Her name was stricken from the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Register" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Register">Naval Register</a> 7 February 1947 and she was sold to <a href="/wiki/National_Bulk_Carriers" title="National Bulk Carriers">National Bulk Carriers</a> as the merchant ship <i>Roma</i> 26 November 1947. She was scrapped in <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> in November 1967. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_description">Design and description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Atheling&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Design and description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These ships were all larger and had a greater aircraft capacity than all the preceding American built escort carriers. They were also all laid down as escort carriers and not converted <a href="/wiki/Merchant_ship" title="Merchant ship">merchant ships</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-co82_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-co82-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All the ships had a complement of 646 men and an <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">overall length</a> of 492 feet 3 inches (150.0 m), a <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> of 69 feet 6 inches (21.2 m) and a draught of 25 ft 6 in (7.8 m).<sup id="cite_ref-co82_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-co82-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Propulsion was provided a steam turbine, two boilers connected to one shaft giving 9,350 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">brake horsepower</a> (SHP), which could propel the ship at 16.5 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-co79_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-co79-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Aircraft facilities were a small combined bridge–flight control on the <a href="/wiki/Starboard" class="mw-redirect" title="Starboard">starboard</a> side, two aircraft lifts 43 feet (13.1 m) by 34 feet (10.4 m), one <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_catapult" title="Aircraft catapult">aircraft catapult</a> and nine <a href="/wiki/Arresting_gear" title="Arresting gear">arrestor wires</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-co82_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-co82-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aircraft could be housed in the 260 feet (79.2 m) by 62 feet (18.9 m) hangar below the flight deck.<sup id="cite_ref-co82_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-co82-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Armament comprised: two <a href="/wiki/4-inch/50-caliber_gun" title="4-inch/50-caliber gun">4 in/50</a>, <a href="/wiki/5-inch/38-caliber_gun" title="5-inch/38-caliber gun">5 in/38</a> or <a href="/wiki/5-inch/51-caliber_gun" title="5-inch/51-caliber gun">5 in/51</a> <a href="/wiki/Dual_purpose_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Dual purpose gun">Dual Purpose</a> guns in single mounts, sixteen <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">40 mm Bofors</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-aircraft gun">anti-aircraft guns</a> in twin mounts and twenty <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">20 mm Oerlikon</a> anti-aircraft cannons in single mounts.<sup id="cite_ref-co82_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-co82-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had a maximum aircraft capacity of twenty-four aircraft which could be a mixture of <a href="/wiki/Grumman_Martlet" class="mw-redirect" title="Grumman Martlet">Grumman Martlet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">Vought F4U Corsair</a> or <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane_variants#Sea_Hurricanes" title="Hawker Hurricane variants">Hawker Sea Hurricane</a> <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter aircraft</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish" title="Fairey Swordfish">Fairey Swordfish</a> or <a href="/wiki/Grumman_Avenger" class="mw-redirect" title="Grumman Avenger">Grumman Avenger</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-submarine">anti-submarine</a> aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-co82_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-co82-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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.cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/ESCORT/ATHELING.htm">"A History of H.M.S. ATHELING"</a>. <i>www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk&rft.atitle=A+History+of+H.M.S.+ATHELING&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk%2FESCORT%2FATHELING.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Atheling" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Career-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Career_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHouterman,_HansKoppes,_Jeroen" class="citation web cs1">Houterman, Hans; Koppes, Jeroen. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersI.html">"Inglis, (Sir) John Gilchrist Thesiger"</a>. <i>Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945</i>. www.unithistories.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 July</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Royal+Navy+%28RN%29+Officers+1939-1945&rft.atitle=Inglis%2C+%28Sir%29+John+Gilchrist+Thesiger&rft.au=Houterman%2C+Hans&rft.au=Koppes%2C+Jeroen&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unithistories.com%2Fofficers%2FRN_officersI.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Atheling" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-co82-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-co82_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-co82_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-co82_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-co82_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-co82_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-co82_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Cocker (2008), p.82.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-co79-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-co79_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cocker (2008), p.79.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Atheling&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCocker2008" class="citation book cs1">Cocker, Maurice (2008). <i>Aircraft-Carrying Ships of the Royal Navy</i>. 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Nabob (D77)"><i>Edisto</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Premier_(D23)" title="HMS Premier (D23)"><i>Estero</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Atheling_(D51)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Atheling (D51)"><i>Glacier</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Shah_(D21)" title="HMS Shah (D21)"><i>Jamaica</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Patroller_(D07)" title="HMS Patroller (D07)"><i>Keweenaw</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Rajah_(D10)" title="HMS Rajah (D10)"><i>McClure</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Tracker_(D24)" title="HMS Tracker (D24)"><i>Mormacmail</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hunter_(D80)" title="HMS Hunter (D80)"><i>Mormacpenn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Nassau_(CVE-16)" title="USS Nassau (CVE-16)"><i>Nassau</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ranee_(D03)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Ranee (D03)"><i>Niantic</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Trouncer_(D85)" title="HMS Trouncer (D85)"><i>Perdido</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Emperor_(D98)" title="HMS Emperor (D98)"><i>Pybus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Prince_William_(CVE-31)" title="USS Prince William (CVE-31)"><i>Prince William</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Searcher_(D40)" title="HMS Searcher (D40)"><i>Searcher</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Queen_(D19)" title="HMS Queen (D19)"><i>St. Andrews</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ruler_(D72)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Ruler (D72)"><i>St. Joseph</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Arbiter_(D31)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Arbiter (D31)"><i>St. Simon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Thane_(D48)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Thane (D48)"><i>Sunset</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Smiter_(D55)" title="HMS Smiter (D55)"><i>Vermillion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Puncher_(D79)" title="HMS Puncher (D79)"><i>Willapa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Reaper_(D82)" title="HMS Reaper (D82)"><i>Winjah</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img 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