An aircraft catapult is a device used to allow aircraft to take off in a limited distance, typically from the deck of a vessel. They can also be installed...

CAM ship is an acronym for catapult aircraft merchant ship. They were equipped with a rocket-propelled catapult launching a single Hawker Hurricane,...

Catapult aircraft merchant ships, were cargo-carrying merchant ships that could launch (but not retrieve) a single fighter aircraft from a catapult to...

of aircraft carriers of the Second World War Merchant aircraft carrier Aircraft cruiser CAM ship "HMS Ariguani (F 105) (British Fighter catapult ship)...

carrier, and French Mistral class. Catapult aircraft merchantmen, merchant ships which carried cargo and an aircraft catapult (no flight deck). Escort carriers...

personnel and aircraft to operate from 35 merchant ships outfitted with a catapult on the bow, referred to as Catapult Aircraft Merchant ships (CAM ships)...

mines and a number of aircraft fitted with floats (making the ship a kind of seaplane tender/fighter catapult ship). The early aircraft cruiser turned out...

warships, submarines, and aircraft than to offensive operations. Fighter catapult ships (FACs) and catapult aircraft merchant ships (CAMs) were used early...

unconventional aircraft carriers. CAM ships were cargo-carrying merchant ships that could launch (but not retrieve) a single fighter aircraft from a catapult to defend...

ship built in the United States MV Empire Faith, a British CAM (catapult aircraft merchant) ship, converted to cargo ship in 1943 Faith (dog) (2002-2014)...

A merchant aircraft carrier (also known as a MAC ship, the Admiralty's official 'short name') was a limited-purpose aircraft carrier operated under British...

before sufficient merchant aircraft carriers became available, the British provided air cover for convoys using Catapult aircraft merchantman (CAM ships)...

firearm Aircraft carrier Helicopter carrier Escort carrier Fleet carrier Light carrier Fighter catapult ship Catapult aircraft merchant ship Merchant aircraft...

and aircraft transport HMS Albatross - ex-RAN, converted to "Landing Ship (Engineering)" to be repair ship for invasion of France Fighter catapult ship...

aircraft; the 1-inch of hardened steel construction of the flight deck also supported heavier aircraft. The axial flight deck included one catapult....

German merchant ship MV Hannover and commissioned in July 1941. For defense from German aircraft, convoys were supplied first with fighter catapult ships...

launched by a catapult. The series was rather successful, especially at the beginning of the war. In 1942, I-26 crippled the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga...

began exploring the use of ship-borne aircraft by converting the merchant ship Città di Messina into the twin-catapult-equipped seaplane tender Giuseppe Miraglia...

KG 40 in mid 1941 the Allies converted several merchant ships to CAM ships ('catapult aircraft merchant' ship) as an emergency stop-gap until sufficient...

catapult. Three of these five ships were sunk in 1941. Beginning in 1941, Britain converted 35 cargo or transport ships to catapult aircraft merchant...

maintenance and repair facilities instead of aircraft catapults and arresting gear, and entered service as aircraft maintenance carriers. The final six were...

British catapult aircraft merchant ship (CAM ship): a merchant ship fitted with a rocket catapult to launch a single Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft to defend...

arrestor hook and catapult launch points. It first flew on 8 April 1941. This variant could be launched by catapult aircraft merchant ships which lacked...

with Catapult Aircraft Merchant Ships, are also eligible. Army personnel who served on His Majesty's ships or in defensively equipped merchant ships...

(from catapult armed merchantman) was a British merchantman fitted with a catapult that could launch, but not recover, a single fighter aircraft. The merchant...

equipped with catapult-launched reconnaissance seaplanes. A few navies – especially those without true aircraft carriers – also acquired catapult-equipped...

forces—leading the Royal Navy to experiment with catapult-launching fighter aircraft from merchant ships, a somewhat successful approach. However, the...

Westfalen Schwabenland Ostmark Friesenland Sperber catapult seaplane tender Bussard-class catapult seaplane tenders Bussard Falke Krischan-class small...

Taylor was posted to the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit at Speke, which operated Sea Hurricane fighters from catapult aircraft merchant ships, known as CAM ships...

carriers did. Merchant aircraft carriers (MACs) transported grain and oil in the holds below the flight deck and carried 3 or 4 aircraft to protect themselves...