Ancylus
Country | United Kingdom |
Ship Class | Rapana-class Merchant Vessel |
Builder | Swan Hunter |
Laid Down | 9 Oct 1934 |
Launched | 1 Jan 1935 |
Displacement | 16,000 tons full |
Length | 481 feet |
Beam | 60 feet |
Draft | 27 feet |
Machinery | Propulsion: Diesel, 1 shaft |
Power Output | 4,000 shaft horsepower |
Speed | 11 knots |
Armament | 1 4", 2 40 mm, 6 20 mm |
Aircraft | 4 |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseThe Ancylus was converted into a tanker/aircraft transport in Oct 1943, and served in the Atlantic. She returned to merchant service after WW2, and was renamed Imbricaria in 1952. She was sold on 4 Dec 1954 and scrapped at La Spezia.
ww2dbaseSource: Fleet Air Arm Archive
Last Major Revision: Feb 2005
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