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German sources[edit]

May be someone could translate my sentences und add them.

Die Hannover war ein 5537 BRT großes Lloydschiff, das 1939 in Dienst gestellt wurde unter Kapitän Wahnschaff. Sie wollte als Blockadebrecher nach Deutschland zurrückkehren. In der Nacht vom 7. auf den 8. März 1940 wird sie aber von dem Leichten Kreuzer Dunedin und dem kanadischen Zerstörer Assiniboine gesichtet und angehalten zu stoppen. Daraufhin befahl der Kapitän die Seeventile zu öffnen und gleichzeitig das Schiff in Brand zu stecken. Die Briten gingen trotzdem an Bord, schlossen die Seeventile wieder und kämpften 4 Tage lang gegen das Feuer, letztlich mit Erfolg. Daraufhin wurde sie nach Jamaica geschleppt. Die britische Admiraliät wollte sie als Hilfsflugezugträger nutzen. Die Hannover wurde zuerst in HMS Empire Auda City umbenannt und schließlich in HMS Audacity. Ihre vornehmliche Aufgabe bestand von da an, die Gibraltar Geleitzüge zu schützen. Ihre Ende fand sie am 21. Dezember 1941 auf dem Geleitzug HG 76 wo sie von U-751 (unter Kptlt. Gerhard Bigalk) versenkt wurde. See also: [1] and [2] --Darkone 10:10, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Just a quick rough translation using Babel Fish:

The Hanover was a 5537 BRT Lloyd ship which entered service in 1939 under Kapitän Wahnschaff.

While attempting to return as a blockade-runner to Germany she was sighted and ordered to stop on the night of 7/8 March 1940 by the light cruiser Dunedin and the Canadian destroyer Assiniboine and ignoring the order, she unsuccessfully attempted to escape, whereupon the captain instructed that the sea cocks be opened and for the ship to be set on fire.

Nevertheless the British went on board, closed the sea cocks and fought 4 days long against the fire, in the long run with success.

The ship was then towed to Jamaica. The British Admiralty wanted to use it as auxiliary aircraft carrier. The Hanover was renamed first HMS Empire Audacity and finally HMS Audacity. Her main task existed from then on to protect the Gibraltar convoys.

Audacity met her end on 21 December 1941 whilst on the convoy HG 76 where she was sunk by U-751 under Kptlt. Gerhard Bigalk. Ian Dunster 10:01, 20 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Tonnage et al.[edit]

The tonnage field is used for Tonnage (a measure of volume), such as grt or gt (the latter not applicable here). The displacement field (not now in use here) should be used for that measure (here, 11,000 tonnes displacement). Tons burthen refers to burthen, an old measure not used for twentieth century vessels. Kablammo (talk) 12:51, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tons burthen amended to Displacement. Mjroots (talk) 17:21, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Casualties[edit]

A recent BBC article describes Eric Brown as one of two people to survive the sinking of Audacity. The various sources in this article list 73 deaths - but 75 crew seems unusually small even for an early-war escort carrier. How big was the crew when it was sunk, and how many of them survived? My hunch is the Brown was the only one of two pilots to survive, but I could be wrong. 146.90.162.10 (talk) 16:46, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

73 men died but 225 survivors were rescued by HM Ships CONVOLVULUS, MARIGOLD and PENTSTEMON. See here. --Samesawed (talk) 15:44, 13 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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