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
Orient (1814 ship) Orient (1814 ship) Orient was launched in 1814 at Calcutta. She sailed to England and from then on was based there. She traded with India into the 1830s. She participated in a naval punitive expedition in 1819, and performed four voyages for the British East India Company. From the 1840s she cntinued to sail widely until she was condemned in 1865 and sold for breaking up. Shortly after her launch "Orient" sailed to England. She first appeared in "Lloyd's Register" in 1815 with W. Rutter, master, Js. Murry, owner, and trade London–Bengal. From 1814 the EIC lost its monopoly on