Allied Warships

HMS Khedive (D 62)

Escort Carrier of the Ameer class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort Carrier
ClassAmeer 
PennantD 62 
Built bySeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down22 Sep 1942 
Launched27 Dec 1942 
Commissioned25 Aug 1943 
End service26 Jan 1946 
History

Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease.
Returned to the United States Navy on 26 January 1946.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 19 July 1946.
Sold into merchantile service being renamed Rempang.
Renamed Daphne in 1968.
Scrapped in Spain in January 1975.

 
Former nameUSS Cordova

Commands listed for HMS Khedive (D 62)

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CommanderFromTo
1A/Capt. Henry John Haynes, DSO, DSC, RN25 Aug 194325 Sep 1944
2A/Capt. David Henry Magnay, RN25 Sep 1944Aug 1945
3Capt. Arthur Reid Pedder, RNAug 194526 Jan 1946

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