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HMS Arbiter |
Type: |
Aircraft Carrier |
Class: |
Bogue (USN) Ruler (RN) |
Builder: |
Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. Tacoma, Washington, USA (Completed by Commercial Iron Works Portland, Oregon) |
Pennant Number: |
CVE-51 (USN) D-31 (RN) |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Commissioned: |
December 31, 1943 (RN) |
Keel Laid: |
April 26, 1943 |
Decommissioned: |
March 3, 1946 (RN) |
| Launched: | September 9, 1943 | Stricken: | April 12, 1946 |
Fate: |
Scrapped by Chin Ho Fa Steel & Iron Co., Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C. in 1972. |
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Battle Honours |
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Atlantic 1944 |
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Notes |
Launched as St. Simon CVE-51 for U.S. Navy. |
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Transferred to Royal Navy (lend-lease) Dec. 31, 1943. |
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Returned to U.S. Navy Mar. 3, 1946. |
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Sold Jan. 30, 1947 to Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. |
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| Converted into a commercial cargo ship, renamed Coracero (Argentina) in 1948. | |||
| Renamed President Macapagal (Philippines) in 1965. | |||
Renamed Lucky Two (Philippines) in 1972. |
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Class Overview |
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Page published Jan. 25, 2017 |