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Pennant Number:

D07

 

Battle Honours:

Atlantic 1944

 

Specifications: 

Builder:

Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co.
Tacoma, Washington

Displacement:

15,390 tons

length (Overall):

 494ft 9in

Beam:

 69 ft 6 in

Speed:

 18 knots

Crew Complement:

646

A/C Capacity:

20

Commanding Officers:

Capt. A.J. Robertson, RNR

Oct 43 – Apr 44

 

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Capt. C.D. Arbuthnot, RN

Apr 44 – Sep 45

 

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Capt. J.I. Robertson RN

Sep 1945 – Dec 46

 

Squadrons:

 

A History of HMS Patroller

 

 

Laid down 27 November 1942, at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co. Tacoma, Washington, a C3-S-A1 type freighter Maritime Commission hull number 255, Seattle-Tacoma hull number 39; purchased by the US navy to be the USS KEWEENAW ACV-44. Whilst still under construction it had been decided that ACV-44 was to be transferred to the Admiralty on loan on her completion as an aircraft carrier. ACV—44 was launched on 6 May 1943 by her sponsor Mrs. R. G. Risley. Reclassified CVE44 on 15 July 1943, she was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend Lease in 10 June 1943 and was delivered on 22 October 1943, and commissioned into RN service as HMS PATROLLER (D07), Captain A.J. Robertson, RNR in command.


Outfitted as a transport carrier, served in both Atlantic and Pacific. Loaned to US Army as a transport carrier 15 March 1944; returned to RN control 2 May 1944. Loaned to US Navy as a transport carrier 28 January 1945; returned to RN control 5/1945. Served as a troopship post-war.

 

HMS Patroller in Colombo Harbour January 1946; HMS Queen is moored in front of her. Both ships were loading Barracuda fuselages for dumping at sea.


Returned to USN 13 Dec 1946, stricken for disposal 7 Feb 1947. Sold into merchant service as Almkerk. Renamed Pacific Reliance in 1969. Scrapped in Taiwan starting 2/1974.

 

9.8.45 898 Sqn, hook knocked off on rounddown, fell over side into sea Pursuer (PO AH Key killed)

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