Allied Warships

HMS Empress (D 42)

Escort Carrier of the Ameer class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort Carrier
ClassAmeer 
PennantD 42 
Built bySeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down9 Sep 1942 
Launched31 Dec 1942 
Commissioned9 Aug 1943 
End service4 Feb 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease.
Returned to the United States Navy on 4 February 1946.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 28 March 1946.
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 21 June 1946.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. Thomas Neville Masterman, RN
August 1943 – November 1943

A/Capt. Henru Austin Traill, OBE, RN
November 1943 – 10 April 1945
Promoted to Capt. on ???

Capt. John Ronald Stewart Brown, RN
10 April 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 
Former nameUSS Carnegie

Commands listed for HMS Empress (D 42)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Thomas Neville Masterman, RNAug 1943Nov 1943
2A/Capt. Henry Austin Traill, OBE, RNNov 194310 Apr 1945
3Capt. John Ronald Stewart Brown, RN10 Apr 1945Oct 1945 ?

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