HMS Audacity

	HMS Audacity, after her conversion to an escort carrier
History
United Kingdom
Name	Hannover (1939–40); Sinbad (1940); Empire Audacity (1940–41); HMS Empire Audacity (1941); HMS Audacity (1941);
Owner	Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen (1939–40); Ministry of War Transport (1940–41); Royal Navy (1941);
Operator	Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen (1939–40); Cunard White Star Line (1940–41); Royal Navy (1941);
Port of registry	Bremen (1939–40); Kingston, Jamaica (1940); London (1940–41); Royal Navy (1941);
Builder	Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack
Launched	29 March 1939
Commissioned	20 June 1941
Identification	Code Letters DOVB (1939–40); ; Code Letters GLZX (1940–41); ; Pennant number D10 (1941);
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1941
Captured	7 March 1940
Fate	Sunk by U-751, 21 December 1941
General characteristics
Type	Escort carrier
Tonnage	5,537 GRT
Displacement	11,000 long tons (11,177 t)
Length	441 ft 9 in (134.65 m) (Hannover); 467 ft 3 in (142.42 m) (HMS Audacity);
Beam	56 ft 3 in (17.15 m)
Draught	23 ft 1 in (7.04 m) (Hannover); 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) (HMS Audacity);
Installed power	5,200 hp (3,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 × 7-cylinder MAN diesel engine; 1 × screw;
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	As HMS Audacity: 480
Sensors and ; processing systems	Type 79B air warning radar
Armament	As HMS Audacity:; 1 × 4 inches (102 mm) gun; 1 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.24 in)) gun; 4 × QF 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns; 4 × 20 mm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft cannons;
Aircraft carried	Operational Use: 6; Storage: 8;
Aviation facilities	None; aircraft stored on flight deck

HMS Audacity was a British escort carrier of the Second World War and the first of her kind to serve in the Royal Navy. She was originally the German merchant ship Hannover, which the British captured in the West Indies in March 1940 and renamed Sinbad, then Empire Audacity. She was converted and commissioned as HMS Empire Audacity, then as HMS Audacity. She was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat in late 1941.

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