| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort Carrier |
| Class | Ameer |
| Pennant | D 38 |
| Built by | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 3 Aug 1942 |
| Launched | 11 Nov 1942 |
| Commissioned | 2 Aug 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Decommissioned and transferred to the R.N. and commissioned in R.N. service as HMS Begum on 2 August 1943. |
| Former name | USS Bolinas |
Commands listed for HMS Begum (D 38)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | A/Capt. John Egerton Broome, DSC, RN | Aug 1943 | 26 Mar 1945 |
| 2 | A/Capt. Cecil Lewis Howe, OBE, RN | 26 Mar 1945 | 4 Jan 1946 |
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