| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort Carrier |
| Class | Attacker |
| Pennant | D 24 |
| Built by | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 3 Nov 1941 |
| Launched | 7 Mar 1942 |
| Commissioned | 31 Jan 1943 |
| End service | 29 Nov 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease. Commanding Officers: A/Capt. Donald Scott McGrath, RN A/Capt. John Hubert Huntley, RN |
Commands listed for HMS Tracker (D 24)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | A/Capt. Godfrey Christopher Dickins, RN | Sep 1942 | 16 Aug 1943 |
| 2 | Capt. (retired) Donald Scott McGrath, RN | 16 Aug 1943 | 17 Jan 1944 |
| 3 | A/Capt. John Hubert Huntley, RN | 17 Jan 1944 | Oct 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Tracker include:
1944
These photograps were taken in 1944. Photographs with thanks to David Tolley who's father (marked in the last photograph) Raymond Tolley was an Air Artificer aboard HMS Tracker during that time.
3 Apr 1944
The German submarine U-288 was sunk in the Barents Sea south-east of Bear Island, Norway, in position 73º44'N, 27º12'E, by depth charges and rockets by Swordfish (Sqdn. 819) and Avenger / Wildcat (Sqdn 846) of the British escort carriers HMS Activity (Sqdn 819) and HMS Tracker (Sqdn 846).
For the following sequence of photographs that show U-288 being attacked shortly before sinking we would like to thank David Tolley who's father Raymond Tolley was an Air Artificer aboard HMS Tracker during that time.
(see map)