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Allied Warships

HMS Queen (D 19)

Escort Carrier of the Ameer class


Photograph with thanks to David Tolley who's father Raymond Tolley was an Air Artificer aboard HMS Queen during that time.

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort Carrier
ClassAmeer 
PennantD 19 
Built bySeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down12 Mar, 1943 
Launched2 Aug, 1943 
Commissioned7 Dec, 1943 
End service31 Oct, 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease.
Returned to the United States Navy on 31 October 1946.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 22 Janaury 1947.
Sold into merchantile service on 29 July 1947 being renamed Roebiah.
Renamed President Marcos in 1967.
Scrapped in Taiwan in 1972.

Commanding Officer:
A/Capt. Kenneth Judge D’Arcy, DSO, RN
December 1943 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 

Former nameUSS St. Andrews

Noteable events involving Queen include:

4 May, 1945
The German submarine U-711 was sunk in the Arctic near Harstad, Norway, in position 68.43,717N, 16.34,600E, by depth charges from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft of the British escort carriers HMS Searcher, HMS Trumpeter and HMS Queen. (see map)


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