_underway_on_22_December_1943.jpg) HMS Atheling (D51) underway on 22 December 1943
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Glacier |
| Builder | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down | 9 June 1942 |
| Launched | 7 September 1942 |
| Commissioned | 3 July 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 31 July 1943 |
| Fate | Transferred to Royal Navy |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Atheling |
| Commissioned | 28 October 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 6 December 1946 |
| Stricken | 7 February 1947 |
| Identification | Pennant number:D51 |
| Fate | Returned to US 13 December 1946. Sold as merchant ship, scrapped 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type |
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| Displacement | 7,800 tons (full load) |
| Length | 495 ft 7 in (151.05 m) |
| Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) |
| Draught | 26 ft 3 in (8.00 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam turbines, 1 shaft, 8,500 shp (6.3 MW) |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement | 890 officers and men |
| Armament | 2 × 4"/50, 5"/38 or 5"/51 guns |
| Aircraft carried | 18-24 |
HMS Atheling (D51) was a Royal Navy Ruler-class escort carrier of the Second World War. She was a US built ship provided under lend lease and returned to the US at the end of hostilities.