Escort Carrier of the Attacker class
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort Carrier |
| Class | Attacker |
| Pennant | D 40 |
| Built by | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 20 Feb, 1942 |
| Launched | 20 Jun, 1942 |
| Commissioned | 3 Apr, 1943 |
| End service | 29 Nov, 1945 |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease.
Returned to the United States Navy on 29 November 1945.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 7 February 1946.
Sold into merchantile service being renamed Captain Theo.
Renamed Oriental Banker in 1965.
Scrapped in Taiwan in April 1976.
Commanding Officers:
Capt. G.O.C. Davies, RN
15 February 1943 – 23 January 1945
Capt. John William Grant, DSO, RN
23 January 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List |
| Noteable events involving Searcher include: 4 May, 1945
The German submarine U-711 was sunk in the Arctic near Harstad, Norway, in position 68º43'717N, 16º34'600E, by depth charges from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft of the British escort carriers HMS Searcher, HMS Trumpeter and HMS Queen. (see map) |
