Allied Warships

HMS Trumpeter (D 09)

Escort Carrier of the Ameer class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort Carrier
ClassAmeer 
PennantD 09 
Built bySeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down25 Aug 1942 
Launched15 Dec 1942 
Commissioned4 Aug 1943 
End service6 Apr 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease.
Returned to the United States Navy on 6 April 1946.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 19 June 1946.
Sold into merchantile service being renamed Alblasserdijk.
Sold and renamed Irene Valmas.
Scrapped in Spain in January 1971.

Commanding Officers:
A/Capt. Kenneth Stuart Colquhoun, RN
14 May 1943 - 28 May 1945

Capt. Conrad Byron Alers-Hankey, DSC, RN
28 May 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 
Former nameUSS Bastian

Commands listed for HMS Trumpeter (D 09)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Kenneth Stuart Colquhoun, RN14 May 194328 May 1945
2Capt. Conrad Byron Alers-Hankey, DSC, RN28 May 1945Oct 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Trumpeter include:


4 May 1945
The German submarine U-711 was sunk in the Arctic near Harstad, Norway, in position 68º43'717"N, 16º34'600"E, by depth charges from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft of the British escort carriers HMS Searcher, HMS Trumpeter and HMS Queen. (see map)

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