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Name

 Conversion
started		 Conversion
completed		 To RN Commissioned Builder(s)/
Converted by
AUDACITY Jan-40 17-Jun-40 17-Jun-40 20-Jun-40 Blyth Shipbuilding
ACTIVITY 20-May-42 14-Oct-42 29-Sep-42 29-Sep-42 Caledon Shipbuilding
PRETORIA CASTLE 30-Jun-42 9-Aug-43 9-Jul-43 9-Jul-43 Harland & Wolff
VINDEX 4-May-43 21-Dec-43 15-Nov-43 15-Nov-43 Swan Hunter
NAIRANA 20-May-43 12-Dec-43 26-Nov-43 26-Nov-43  John Brown & Company
CAMPANIA 17-Jun-43 7-Mar-44 9-Feb-44 9-Feb-44  Harland & Wolff

 

 

U.S. built

Name

 Launched Completed To RN Commissioned Builder(s)
ARCHER 13-Dec-39 15-Nov-41 17-Nov-41 17-Nov-41 Sun Shipbuilding (N)
AVENGER 27-1Nov-40 1-Mar-42 2-Mar-42 2-Mar-42 Sun Shipbuilding (B)
BITER 18-Dec-40 1-May-42 5-May-42 5-May-42 Sun Shipbuilding (A)
CHARGER 1-Mar-41 ? Cancelled To USN Sun Shipbuilding (N)
DASHER 12- Apr-41 1-Jul-42 2-Jul-42 2-Jul-42 Sun Shipbuilding (T)
ATTACKER 27-Sep-41 30-Sep-42 30-Sep-42 7-Oct-42 Western Pipe and Steel, (M)
TRACKER 7-Mar-42 31-Jan-43 31-Jan-43 31-Jan-43 Seattle-Tacoma, (W)
STALKER 15-Mar-42 21-Dec-42 21-Dec-42 30-Dec-42 Western Pipe and Steel (M)
BATTLER 4-Apr-42 31-Oct-42 31-Oct-42 31-Oct-42  Ingalls Shipbuilding
FENCER 4-Apr-42 20-Feb-43 27-Feb-43 1-Mar-43 Western Pipe and Steel (M)
STRIKER 7-May-42 28-Apr-43 18-May-43 18-May-43 Western Pipe and Steel (M)
HUNTER 22-May-42 31-Dec-42 9-Jan-43 11-Jam-43 Ingalls Shipbuilding
CHASER 19-Jun-42 9-Apr-43 9-Apr-43 9-Apr-43 Ingalls Shipbuilding
SEARCHER 26-Jun-42 7-Apr-43 7-Apr-43 7-Apr-43 Seattle-Tacoma, (C)
RAVAGER 16-Jul-42 25-Apr-43 25-Apr-43 25-Apr-43 Seattle-Tacoma, (C)
PURSUER 19-Jul-42 14-Jun-43 14-Jun-43 14-Jun-43 Ingalls Shipbuilding
ATHELING 7-Sep-42 12-Jul-43 21-Jul-43 28-Oct-43 Seattle-Tacoma (P) *
SLINGER 18-Sep-42 11-Aug-43 11-Aug-43 11-Aug-43 Seattle-Tacoma (W) ‡
EMPEROR 7-Oct-42 31-May-43 6-Aug-43 6-Aug-43 Seattle-Tacoma (P) † ‡
AMEER 18-Oct-42 28-Jun-43 18-Jul-43 20-Jul-43 Seattle-Tacoma (P) *
BEGUM 11-Nov-42 22-Jul-43 2-Aug-43 2-Aug-43 Seattle-Tacoma (P) *
TRUMPETER 15-Dec-42 15-Jul-43 4-Aug-43 4-Aug-43 Seattle-Tacoma (C) ‡
EMPRESS 30-Dec-42 9-Aug-43 12-Aug-43 12-Aug-43 Seattle-Tacoma *
KHEDIVE 30-Jan-43 25-Aug-43 25-Aug-43 25-Aug-43 Seattle-Tacoma † ‡
SPEAKER 20-Feb-43 20-Nov-43 20-Nov-43 20-Nov-43 Seattle-Tacoma (W) *
NABOB 9-Mar-43 7-Sep-43 7-Sep-43 7-Sep-43 Seattle-Tacoma *
PREMIER 27-Mar-43 3-Nov-43 3-Nov-43 3-Nov-43 Seattle-Tacoma (W) *
SHAH 21-Apr-43 27-Sep-43 27-Sep-43  27-Srep-43 Seattle-Tacoma *
PATROLLER 6-May-43 222-Oct-43 222-Oct-43 222-Oct-43 Seattle-Tacoma *
RAJAH 18-May-43 17-Jan-44 17-Jan-44 17-Jan-44 Seattle-Tacoma (W) *
RANEE 2-Jun-43 8-Nov-43 8-Nov-43 8-Nov-43 Seattle-Tacoma *
TROUNCER 16-Jun-43 31-Jan-44 31-Jan-44 31-Jan-44 Seattle-Tacoma (C) *
THANE 15-Jul-43 19-Nov-43 19-Nov-43 9-Jun-44 Seattle-Tacoma *
QUEEN 31-Jul-43 7-Dec-43 7-Dec-43 7-Dec-43 Seattle-Tacoma *
RULER 21-Aug-43 22-Dec-43 22-Dec-43 2-Dec-43 Seattle-Tacoma *
ARBITER 9-Sep-43 31-Dec-43 31-Dec-43 31-Dec-43 Seattle-Tacoma (C)*
SMITER 27-Sep-43 20-Jan-44 20-Jan-44 20-Jan-44 Seattle-Tacoma *
PUNCHER 6-Nov-43 5-Feb-44 5-Feb-44 5-Feb-44 Seattle-Tacoma *
REAPER 22-Nov-43 18-Feb-44 18-Feb-44 18-Feb-44 Seattle-Tacoma *

A = Atlantic Basin Iron Works. B = Bethlehem Steel Corp. C = Commercial Iron Works. M = Mare Island Naval Dockyard. N = Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry-dock Co.  P = Puget Sound Navy Yard, T = Tietjen and Lang Dry Dock Co. W = Willamette Iron & Steel. † = Transfer from active USN commission. ‡ = Modified in UK. * Modified in Vancouver
 

 

 

 



 

 

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Shape: Standard, circular.

Blazon (Heraldic description) On a blue field: A ram in the act of butting, proper.  

------: One who assaults or assails an opponent. The butting Ram in the design is an illustration of this act. The original design suggested by the ship’s officers depicted a stylised seahorse, having the head and neck of a horse, the body and tail of a griffon with feathered wigs and two hind legs with talons. Volant, ready to dive. It also carried the unofficial motto “Oppugnare, vincere est” – "Attack to conquer”. A bronze cast of this design was made by her builder and was displayed on the quarterdeck until the official design was approved in 1943.

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