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

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

(link) Gregory, Mackenzie J (2009) [1984]. "The Development of the Catapult Armed Merchantman ( CAM Ships. ) – HMS Springbank". Ahoy – Mac's Web Log – Naval...

attacking midfielder, a position in association football CAM ship (Catapult Aircraft Merchantman), World War II Corpo d'Armata Motocorazzato, an Italian Army...

disguised merchantman for anti-submarine operations. The CAM ship (from catapult armed merchantman) was a British merchantman fitted with a catapult that could...

its own: Catapult Assisted Take-Off Barrier Arrested Recovery (CATOBAR): A steam- or electric-powered catapult is connected to the aircraft, and is used...

Rochelle; converted merchant ships, e.g., Merchant aircraft carriers, Catapult Aircraft Merchantman and armed merchant cruisers Q-ships, submarine-hunters...

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...

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...

A fleet carrier is an aircraft carrier designed to operate with the main fleet of a nation's navy. The term was developed during World War II, to distinguish...