Allied Warships

HMS Arbiter (D 31)

Escort Carrier of the Ameer class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort Carrier
ClassAmeer 
PennantD 31 
Built bySeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down26 Apr 1943 
Launched9 Sep 1943 
Commissioned31 Dec 1943 
End service3 Mar 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease.
Returned to the United States Navy on 3 March 1946.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 12 April 1946.
Sold into merchantile service on 30 January 1947 neing renamed as Coracero.
Renamed President Macapagal in 1965.
Scrapped in Taiwan in May 1972.

 
Former nameUSS St. Simon

Commands listed for HMS Arbiter (D 31)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Roy Carlton Harry, RNDec 194312 Dec 1944
2Capt. Douglas Henry Everett, DSO, RN12 Dec 1944Aug 1945
3Capt. Cyril William Byas, RNAug 1945Nov 1945

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