Allied Warships

HMS Reaper (D 82)

Escort Carrier of the Ameer class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort Carrier
ClassAmeer 
PennantD 82 
Built bySeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down5 Jun 1943 
Launched22 Nov 1943 
Commissioned21 Feb 1944 
End service20 May 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease.
Returned to the United States Navy on 20 May 1946.
Stricken by the United States Navy on 2 July 1946.
Sold into merchantile service being renamed South Africa Star.
Scrapped in Japan in May 1967.

 
Former nameUSS Winjah

Commands listed for HMS Reaper (D 82)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. John Frederick Hurbert Sawyer, RNFeb 19427 Jul 1945
2A/Cdr. Ivo Thomas Clark, OBE, RN7 Jul 1945Oct 1945

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