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The Status of the British Fleet

By  George Allison  –  October 15, 2023 In this snapshot of the Royal Navy and RFA’s current fleet status, we see the status of individual ships and what they’re up to. From the formidable Queen Elizabeth-class carriers to the nimble Archer-class patrol boats, this analysis reveals the number of active and inactive vessels across eachContinue reading “The Status of the British Fleet”

HMS Queen (D19) – The USS St. Andrews (CVE-49) (originally AVG-49, later ACV-49) was assigned to MC hull 260 on 23 August 1942, a ship to be built to modified C3-S-A1 plans. She was laid down on 12 March 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Tacoma, Washington; redesignated CVE-49 on 15 July; and launched on 31 July; sponsored by Mrs. Robert W. Morse; transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 7 December; and commissioned the same day as HMS Queen (D19) in the Royal Navy.

British Bogue/Ameer class escort aircraft carrier HMS QUEEN moored to a buoy at Scapa Flow. HMS Queen served British and Allied escort forces in protecting the vital convoy supply effort across the North Atlantic in 1944, and in the Pacific campaigns in 1945. On 4 May 1945 aircraft of Queen’s 853 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, took part inContinue reading “HMS Queen (D19) – The USS St. Andrews (CVE-49) (originally AVG-49, later ACV-49) was assigned to MC hull 260 on 23 August 1942, a ship to be built to modified C3-S-A1 plans. She was laid down on 12 March 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation of Tacoma, Washington; redesignated CVE-49 on 15 July; and launched on 31 July; sponsored by Mrs. Robert W. Morse; transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 7 December; and commissioned the same day as HMS Queen (D19) in the Royal Navy.”

HMS Capetown – HMS Capetown (D88)

HMS Capetown was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the South African city of Cape Town. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Capetown_(D88)

HMS Bulldog (H91) was a B-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy (RN) from 1929 to 1931.

HMS Bulldog (H91) was a B-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy (RN) from 1929 to 1931.Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bulldog_(H91)

HMS Implacable was an Implacable-class aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy during World War II.

Upon completion in 1944, she was initially assigned to the Home Fleet and attacked targets in Norway for the rest of the year. She was subsequently assigned to the British Pacific Fleet (BPF) where she attacked the Japanese naval base at Truk and targets in the Japanese Home Islands in 1945. The ship was usedContinue reading “HMS Implacable was an Implacable-class aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy during World War II.”