HMS Ruler was the lead ship of her class of escort carrier of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was built in the United States as the Bogue-class...
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1944, by U-354 west of the North Cape) HMS Premier X HMS Queen X HMS Rajah HMS Ranee HMS Ruler XX HMS Shah X HMS Thane (torpedoed 15 January 1945, by U-1172...
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000 tonnes HMS Queen Elizabeth HMS Prince of Wales Retired: HMS Argus (1916) - scrapped 1946 HMS Furious (1916) - decommissioned 1945 HMS Vindictive (1918) –...
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Lieutenant-Surgeon in the Royal Navy during the war, serving on the HMS Vansittart and HMS Ruler. A Cambridge rugby blue, Steeds was capped five times for England...
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Squadron HMS Premier 1832 Naval Air Squadron HMS Indomitable Pacific units 885 Naval Air Squadron HMS Ruler 1839 Naval Air Squadron NAS Eglington/HMS Indomitable...
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HMS Arbiter HMS Chaser HMS Glory HMS Indefatigable HMS Indomitable HMS Implacable HMS Ruler HMS Slinger HMS Speaker HMS Venerable HMS Victorious HMS Vindex...
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in 1945, on the Ruler-class escort carriers: HMS Emperor (D98) (800 NAS), HMS Khedive (D62) (808 NAS), HMS Ruler (D72) (885 NAS) and HMS Speaker (D90) (1840...
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Schofields (HMS Nabthorpe) (20 March - 4 April 1945) HMS Ruler (4 - 5 April 1945) Royal Naval Air Station Schofields (HMS Nabthorpe) (5 - 14 April 1945) HMS Ruler...
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bassoons by Franz Schubert HMS Ruler (D72), Ruler-class escort aircraft carrier of the British Royal Navy during World War II HMS Veteran (D72), Admiralty...
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referred to as Prince William-class Chatham CVE-32 Ruler 25 May 1942 19 September 1942 11 August 1943 Became HMS Slinger (D26) First ship, second group of Bogue-class...
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53°12′14″N 4°13′01″W / 53.204°N 4.217°W / 53.204; -4.217 HMS Conway was a naval training school or "school ship", founded in 1859 and housed for most...
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Dakota (BB-57) HMS Duke of York (17) HMS King George V (41) USS Bataan (CVL-29) USS Cowpens (CVL-25) USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) HMS Ruler (D72) USS Salamaua (CVE-96)...
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Retrieved 25 May 2015. Mason, Geoffrey B. (2006). Gordon Smith (ed.). "HMS Ruler - Ruler-class Escort Aircraft Carrier". naval-history.net. Retrieved 25 May...
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HMS Smiter may refer to: HMS Smiter (D55), launched in 1943, was a Ruler-class escort carrier, originally built as USS Vermillion (CVE-52); served in World...
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March 1946. The squadron formed at HMS Ringtail, RNAS Burscough as a Fighter Squadron during May 1944. It joined HMS Ruler for passage to Australia leaving...
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services to points of delivery. In addition, escort carriers such as HMS Vindex and HMS Nairana played an important role in hunter-killer anti-submarine sweeps...
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exercise Bersama Shield with HMS Ocean and HMS Somerset off the Malay Peninsula. During February 2010, Wave Ruler and the destroyer HMS York were deployed to...
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named HMS Ravager : HMS Ravager (D70) was a Ruler-class escort carrier launched in 1942 and transferred to the Royal Navy under Lend lease as HMS Ravager...
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HMS Ocean was a Landing Platform Helicopter, formerly the UK's helicopter carrier and the fleet flagship of the Royal Navy. She was designed to support...
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Potomac Books, Inc. p. 553. ISBN 9781597973441. Drury, Tony. "A History of H.M.S. STRIKER". royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk. T. Drury. 11 May 2017. Retrieved...
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Task Force 112: HMS Slinger (CVE-32/D26/R313) HMS Speaker (CVE-40/D90/R314) HMS Ruler (CVE-50/D-72/A731)) HMS Striker (CVE-19/D12) HMS Chaser (CVE-10/D32)...
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4th Cruiser Squadron were Implacable, the escort carrier HMS Ruler, the British cruisers HMS Swiftsure and Newfoundland, the Canadian cruiser HMCS Uganda...
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HMS Atheling (D51) was a Royal Navy Ruler-class escort carrier of the Second World War. She was a US built ship provided under lend lease and returned...
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Powerful may refer to: HMS Powerful, four ship and two training establishments of the Royal Navy Powerful-class cruiser, a class of two Royal Navy protected...
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January 1944. Commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Smiter (D55) (pronounced "smite·er"), designated a Ruler-class escort carrier, she served the British...
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HMS Speaker (D90), a Ruler-class escort carrier, based on a "C3" hull, was originally the Bogue-class USS Delgada (AVG/ACV/CVE-40), which was transferred...
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HMS Ameer (D01) was an American escort carrier, the USS Baffins (CVE-35), that was transferred to the Royal Navy in mid-1943. As a Ruler-class escort carrier...
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under Lend-Lease and commissioned on 4 August 1943 as the Ruler-class escort carrier HMS Trumpeter (D09). On 4 May 1945 aircraft of 846 Naval Air Squadron...
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civilian service in 1946 as Salta. She was ultimately scrapped in 1966. HMS Shah was a Ruler-class escort carrier in the Royal Navy. The ships in this class were...
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frigate HMS Hydra (1797), a 38-gun fifth rate HMS Hydra (1838), a wooden steam paddle sloop Hydra-class sloop, a class of British steam sloops HMS Hydra...
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