Allied Warships

HMS Slinger (D 26)

Escort Carrier of the Ameer class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Escort Carrier
Class	Ameer
Pennant	D 26
Built by	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	25 May 1942
Launched	19 Sep 1942
Commissioned	11 Aug 1943
End service	27 Feb 1946
History	Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease. Returned to the United States Navy on 27 February 1946. Stricken by the United States Navy on 12 April 1946. Sold into merchantile service being renamed Robin Mowbray. Scrapped in Taiwan in January 1970.
Former name	USS Chatham

Commands listed for HMS Slinger (D 26)

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	Commander	From	To
1	A/Capt. Alexander Noel Campbell Bingley, OBE, RN	Jun 1943	Apr/May 44

2	Capt. Barrington Lungley Moore, RN	9 Jun 1944	19 May 1945
3	A/Cdr. Jack Gethin Hopkins, RN	19 May 1945	27 Feb 1946

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