British Pacific Fleet particularly the capital ships (A comparison of HMS "King George V" and USS "Washington" conducted in 1942 found the British ship burned 39% more fuel at cruising speed and 20% at high speed, giving her half the action radius.) British ships therefore required replenishment more frequently than American ships. In some cases even American-built equipment was not interchangeable, for FAA aircraft had been "Anglicized" by the installation of British radios and oxygen masks, while Vought Corsairs had their wing-folding arrangements modified to fit into the more cramped hangars of British carriers. Replacement aircraft therefore had to be brought from the
Blucher (1814 Sunderland ship) in the Atlantic Ocean. All 23 people on board took to her boats and were rescued six days later by "Henry and Isabella", Bayles, master. "Blucher" was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah. Citations References Blucher (1814 Sunderland ship) Blucher was launched in 1814 at Sunderland. She mostly sailed across the Atlantic to South and North America though she may have made a voyage to Calcutta under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She was wrecked in 1824. "Blucher" first appeared in "Lloyd's Register" in 1815 with no named master, and trade London–Suriname. "Lloyd's Register" for