I think I see where the confusion is coming from on this carrier. I only have the data that Gordon Falk and I wrote down when we were salvaging stuff from the carriers. Gordon actually had the good sense to do this. I have the original scribblings somewhere on one of the old carrier postcards from the RCHA museum. I'll see if I can find it.
Anyway, what I suspect, looking at the typed out sheet, is that the -9-42 is missing the first digit before the -, which would have been the month. So the carrier could well be something earlier.
Derk: TL 382-X: I meant for the X to be some other digit on the end. It would appear that it could be within 20 of the hull number. So, for instance, TL3825 would be approximate to your engine number.
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