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HMS Biter (D 97)

Escort carrier of the Avenger / Charger class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort carrier
ClassAvenger / Charger 
PennantD 97 
Built bySun Shipbuilding (Chester, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down28 Dec, 1939 
Launched18 Dec, 1940 
Commissioned5 May, 1942 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

15th September 1941. Aquired for the Royal Navy. Ex USN ship Rio Parana. To French navy as Dixmude in 1945

Commanding Officers:
Capt. Edward Michael Conolly Abel Smith, RN
January 1942 – July 1943

Capt. Boswell, DSO, RN
July 1943 – May 1944

A/Capt. Alexander Noel Campbell Bingley, RN
May 1944 >

HMS Biter is not listed in the October 1944 Navy List 


Noteable events involving Biter include:

25 Apr, 1943
The German submarine U-203 was sunk south of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 55º05'N, 42º25'W, by depth charges from Swordfish aircraft off the British escort carrier HMS Biter (Capt. E.M.C. Abel Smith, RN) (Sqdn 811/L) and by the British destroyer HMS Pathfinder (Cdr. E.A. Gibbs, DSO and 2 Bars, RN). (see map)

12 May, 1943
The German submarine U-89 was sunk in the Northern Atlantic, in position 46º30'N, 25º40'W by a Swordfish aircraft (Sqdn. 811) from the British escort carrier HMS Biter (Capt. E.M.C. Abel Smith, RN), the British destroyer HMS Broadway (Lt.Cdr. E.H. Chevasse, RN) and the British frigate HMS Lagan (Lt.Cdr. A. Ayre, RNR). (see map)


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