Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Escort Carrier |
Class | Ameer |
Pennant | D 01 |
Built by | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 18 Jul 1942 |
Launched | 18 Oct 1942 |
Commissioned | 20 Jul 1943 |
End service | 17 Jan 1946 |
History | Decommissioned and transferred to the R.N. as HMS Ameer on 19 July 1943. |
Former name | USS Baffins |
Commands listed for HMS Ameer (D 01)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Capt. Gerald Douglas Yates, RN | May 1943 | 9 Jul 1944 |
2 | Cdr. John Hext Lewes, OBE, RN | 9 Jul 1944 | May 1945 (1) |
3 | Cdr. Peter Douglas Herbert Raymond Pelly, DSO, RN | May 1945 | Oct 1945 ? |
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