Allied Warships

HMS Pursuer (D 73)

Escort Carrier of the Attacker class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort Carrier
ClassAttacker 
PennantD 73 
Built byIngalls Shipbuilding Corp. (Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down31 Jul 1941 
Launched18 Jul 1942 
Commissioned14 Jun 1943 
End service12 Feb 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease.
Returned to the United States Navy on 12 February 1946.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 28 March 1946.
Sold to be broken up for scrap in May 1946.

Commanding Officers:
A/Capt. Harry Robert Graham, DSO, DSC, RN
15 March 1943 – 20 March 1945

Capt. Thomas Leslie Bratt, DSC, RN
20 March 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 
Former nameUSS St. George

Commands listed for HMS Pursuer (D 73)

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1A/Capt. Harry Robert Graham, DSO, DSC, RN15 Mar 194320 Mar 1945
2Capt. Thomas Leslie Bratt, DSC, RN20 Mar 1945Oct 1945 ?

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