Allied Warships

HMS Nairana (D 05)

Escort Carrier of the Nairana class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort Carrier
ClassNairana 
PennantD 05 
Built byJohn Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down7 Nov 1941 
Launched20 May 1943 
Commissioned12 Dec 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Aquired March 1942. Ex merchantile.

Loaned to the Royal Netherlands Navy as HrMs Karel Doorman on 23 March 1946. Returned to the Royal Navy on 28 May 1948 and immediately sold into merchantile service as Port Victor. She was converted back into a merchant ship at Belfast. Scrapped at Faslane, starting in July 1971.

Commanding Officers:
Capt. Raymond Maurice Trevelyan Taylor, RN
July 1943 – July 1944

Capt. Villiers Nicholas Surtees, DSO, RN
July 1944 – 1 August 1945

A/Capt. George Henry Beale, OBE, DSO, RN
1 August 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Nairana (D 05)

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CommanderFromTo
1Capt. Raymond Maurice Trevelyan Taylor, RNJul 1943Jul 1944
2Capt. Villiers Nicholas Surtees, DSO, RNJul 19441 Aug 1945
3Capt. George Henry Beale, OBE, DSO, RN1 Aug 1945Oct 1945 ?

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