Escort Carriers to Britain
Lend Lease 1941-1944

Class		Brit	Displacem.	Aircraft	Hull
/ Name	US	ID	/ Use	Commiss	Notes
Long Island		Archer	12,860 ton f	16 planes	Merchant Conversion in 90 days
Archer	BAVG-1	D78	ASW	20May41	Maintenance, Aug43
BAVG	BAVG	Avenger	15,100 ton f	15 planes	Merchant Conversions
Avenger	BAVG-2	D14	ASW	2Mar42	U-155 15Nov42 1 Torp
Biter	BAVG-3	D97	ASW	1May42	Damaged, 16Nov43
Charger	BAVG-4	D27	Training	4Oct41	Retained by US as AVG-30
Dasher	BAVG-5	D37	ASW	02July42	Explosion 27Mar43
Tracker	BAVG-6	D24	ASW	31Jan43

In addition to the American built escort carriers, Britain made seventeen Merchant Aircraft Carriers by the addition of flight deck and four aircraft to tankers and grain haulers for convoy escort while carrying their own cargo..

Bogue		Attacker	14,600 ton f	20 planes	Merchant Hulls
Attacker	ACV-7	D02	CAP	30Sep42
Battler	ACV-6	D18	ASW	31Oct42
Stalker	ACV-15	D91	mult	20Aug42
Hunter	ACV-8	D80	mult	09Jan43
Fencer	ACV-14	D64	ASW	01Mar43
Searcher	ACV-22	D40	ASW	07Apr43
Chaser	ACV-10	D32	ASW	09Apr43
Ravager	ACV-24	D70	Training	25Apr43
Striker	ACV-19	D12	ASW	29Arp43
Pursuer	ACV-17	D73	ASW	14Jun43
Bogue		Ameer	15,600 ton f	20 planes	Merchant Design
Ameer	CVE-35	D01/R302	CAP	19Jul43
Slinger	CVE-32	D26/R313	Ferry	11Aug43	Mine 5Feb44
Atheling	CVE-33	D51/R304	ASW	01Aug43
Emperor	CVE-34	D98/R307	CAP	06Aug43
Begum	CVE-36	D38/R305	ASW	12Aug43
Trumpeter	CVE-37	D09/R318	ASW	04Aug43
Empress	CVE-38	D42	CAP	12Aug43
Khedive	CVE-39	D62	CAP	25Aug43
Nabob	CVE-41	D77	ASW	07Sep43	U-354 22Aug44
Shah	CVE-43	D21/R312	ASW	27Sep43
Patroller	CVE-44	D07	Ferry	22Oct43
Premier	CVE-42	D23	ASW	03Nov43
Ranee	CVE-46	D03/R323	CAP	08Nov43
Thane	CVE-48	D83/R316	CAP	19Nov43
Speaker	CVE-40	D90/R314	Ferry	20Nov43
Queen	CVE-49	D19/R320	CAP	07Dec43
Ruler	CVE-50	D72/A731	Ferry	22Dec43
Arbiter	CVE-51	D31/R303	Ferry	31Dec43
Rajah	CVE-45	D10/R310	Ferry	17Jan44
Smiter	CVE-52	D55/R321	CAP	20Jan44
Trouncer	CVE-47	D85	Ferry	31Jan44
Puncher	CVE-53	D79	ASW	05Feb44	Canadian built
Reaper	CVE-54	D82/R324	Ferry	18Feb44

USN designations : Initially APV then changed to AVG to 31Mar41 which was changed to ACV on 20Aug42 and to CVE on 15July43.
British designations: "D" is Atlantic service series; "R" is Pacific service series.
ASW - Anti-Submarine Warfare ; CAP- Combat Air Patrol ; Ferry - Airplane transport
Red means sunk ; Blue means badly damaged ; Damaged beyond repair.

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Escort Carriers to BritainLend Lease 1941-1944

Escort Carriers to Britain
Lend Lease 1941-1944