Allied Warships

HMS Puncher (D 79)

Escort Carrier of the Ameer class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Escort Carrier
Class	Ameer
Pennant	D 79
Built by	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	21 May 1943
Launched	8 Nov 1943
Commissioned	5 Feb 1944
End service	16 Jan 1946
History	Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease. Altough she was Canadian manned she was not commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy. Returned to the United States Navy on 16 January 1946. Stricken by the United States Navy on 12 March 1946. Sold into merchantile service being renamed Muncaster Castle. Renamed Bardic in 1954. Renamed Ben Nevis in 1959. Scrapped in Taiwan in June 1973.
Former name	USS Willapa

Commands listed for HMS Puncher (D 79)

Please note that we're still working on this section.

	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Frederick Avery Price, RCNVR	17 Jan 1944	10 Apr 1944
2	Capt. Roger Edward Shelford Bidwell, RCN	10 Apr 1944	16 Jan 1946

You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.

Return to the Allied Warships section