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HMS AMEER at Vancouver on completion of her
modifications at the Burrad Dry-dock company
yard. |
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HMS AMEER at anchor at off Greenock January 10th
1944 after her maiden Atlantic crossing; she is
carrying a ferry load of Lend-Lease aircraft
from Norfolk, Va. on deck.
Photos: © IWM (A 21339)© IWM (A 21338) - © IWM
(A 21339) |
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Ferry trip to the East Indies
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HMS AMEER ferrying Seafires and Corsairs July
1944. Photo: Courtesy of Frank Perry |
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Unidentified crew members pose with a Seafire on
the flight deck c. July 1944 while the ship
acted as a ferry carrier. |
Trade Protection in the Indian Ocean: 845 Squadron
Avengers embark
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Cape Town, early December 1944: HMS AMEER
alongside at Cape Town where she was to embark
her new squadron, 904 NAS on December 6th.
Photo: Courtesy of Frank Perry |
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A Grumman Avenger is launched into the air from
the flight deck of HMS AMEER while at anchor in
Trincomalee harbour. Pilots call this method of
getting air-borne being squirted off ©IWM (A
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Crossing the Line
HMS AMEER crossed the equator for the first time in
the late summer of 1944 when she began anti submarine sweeps in the Indian
Ocean.
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King Neptune holds court accompanied by his
loyal assistant Davey Jones and Her Royal
Highness Amphitrite. -the surgeon and barber
wait their first 'victim'. The "bears" wait in
the pool to greet the initiate. Photo:
Courtesy of Frank Perry |
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The ship's "barber" gives the inductee a shave.
Photo: Courtesy of Frank Perry |
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Let the dunking commence: the initiate is dumped
from the chair above the pool into the arms of
the waiting "Bears". Photo: Courtesy of Frank
Perry |
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The "bears" continue to dunk the inductee until
satisfied. Once released the sailor becomes part
of the order of the deep and receives a
certificate to prove his new status. Photo:
Courtesy of Frank Perry |
South Africa: 804 Squadron Hellcats embark
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Cape Town, early December 1944: HMS AMEER
alongside at Cape Town where she was to embark
her new squadron, 904 NAS on December 6th.
Photo: Courtesy of Frank Perry |
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December 6th 1944, off Cape Town: The Hellcats
of 804 fly past AMEER before landing on for the
first time. Photo: Courtesy of Frank Perry |
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December 6th 1944, off Cape Town: Hellcat JW769,
'M' of 904 squadron, flown by Sub Lt. JA Scott
miss timed the pitching of the ship and the tail
hit the deck heavily on landing, the aircraft
ended up on its nose |
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Lt W. M. Barr in Hellcat JW723 ('6G' 804 Sqn)
has missed all the arrestor wires and is stopped
in its tracks by the barrier on HMS AMEER
December 12th 1944. |
Unless stated
otherwise all photos are courtesy of Frank Perry, Frank's
father George Charles Perry served on HMS AMEER
Page last edited:
02 December 2018
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