ESCORT CARRIER AT AUCKLAND
P.A. AUCKLAND, September 7. The first aircraft-carrier to visit Auckland arrived in harbour yesterday afternoon from Brisbane, and is expected to leave tomorrow for Sydney. She is the Empire Lagan, a Blue Funnel Line ship converted during the war. She brought a number of naval Air Arm personnel, who have been on service with the British Pacific Fleet. The Empire Lagan is one of many merchantmen converted to carry a few aircraft for the purpose of helping to defend convoys against submarine and aerial attack. A number of escort and auxiliary carriers are attached to the British Pacific Fleet, but they have been used almost exclusively for ferrying aircraft to bases and to the fleet at sea.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 61, 10 September 1945, Page 6
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121ESCORT CARRIER AT AUCKLAND Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 61, 10 September 1945, Page 6
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