Escort Carrier of the Ameer class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort Carrier |
| Class | Ameer |
| Pennant | D 09 |
| Built by | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 25 Aug, 1942 |
| Launched | 15 Dec, 1942 |
| Commissioned | 4 Aug, 1943 |
| End service | 6 Apr, 1946 |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease.
Returned to the United States Navy on 6 April 1946.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 19 June 1946.
Sold into merchantile service being renamed Alblasserdijk.
Sold and renamed Irene Valmas.
Scrapped in Spain in January 1971.
Commanding Officers:
A/Capt. Kenneth Stuart Colquhoun, RN
14 May 1943 - 28 May 1945
Capt. Conrad Byron Alers-Hankey, DSC, RN
28 May 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List |
| Former name | USS Bastian |
| Noteable events involving Trumpeter include: 4 May, 1945
The German submarine U-711 was sunk in the Arctic near Harstad, Norway, in position 68º43'717"N, 16º34'600"E, by depth charges from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft of the British escort carriers HMS Searcher, HMS Trumpeter and HMS Queen. (see map) |
