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CORDOVA   (CVE-39)  /  HMS KHEDIVE


CLASS - BOGUE
Displacement 7,800 Tons, Dimensions, 495' 8" (oa) x 69' 6" x 26' (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/51 4 x 40mm, 10 x 20mm, 28 Aircraft.
Machinery, 8,500 SHP; Allis-Chambers, Geared Turbines, 1 screw
Speed, 17.5 Knots, Crew 890.
Fate: 1948: Converted to a cargo ship, renamed Rempang (Dutch flag). 1968: Daphne. 1976: Scrapped at Gandía, Spain.

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HMS Khedive (D62)
CVE-39 Cordova / HMS Khedive
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HMS Khedive. Date and place unknown.

Haze Gray & Underway
CVE-39 Cordova / HMS Khedive
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Escort carrier HMS Khedive (D62) underway in British coastal waters, 19 March 1944. Photo by unknown Royal Navy official photographer. Imperial War Museum. Photo # FL 14356.

Robert Hurst
CVE-39 Cordova / HMS Khedive
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HMS Khedive at anchor, Greece, 1944.

(Thanks to Tony Drury for the identification).

Photo from the album of George Chisholm.
Submitted by his son, John
CVE-39 Cordova / HMS Khedive
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A picture of the escort carrier HMS Khedive (D62, ex-U.S. Cordova, CVE-39), which shows Supermarine Seafire F.Mk.III (LR856) of No.899 Squadron after nosing over and destroying its propeller[, 1944?]. This is one of those pictures which have given the Seafire a bad name. Photo FAAM Yeovilton.

Photo and text from Supermarine Seafire, by Kev Darling.

Robert Hurst
CVE-39 Cordova / HMS Khedive
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British officers from HMS Khedive (D62, ex-U.S. Cordova, CVE-39) entertain King Farouk of Egypt, with a Seafire providing a backdrop, while anchored at Alexandria[, 1944]. Note the battledress worn by Lt. Cdr. George Baldwin, second row, second from right, and the captain, front row, right, with wings, an unusual distinction for such a senior officer at this stage. Imperial War Museum. Photo No.A28114.

Photo and text from The Fleet Air Arm Handbook, by David Wragg.

Robert Hurst
CVE-39 Cordova / HMS Khedive
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HMS Khedive just inside the breakwater entrance of the Grand Harbour in Malta. In the background of this photo lies Fort St. Michael (although somewhat obscured by the carrier's emission) whilst the breakwater arm on this side of Fort St. Michael is quite recognisable. This picture was possibly taken in late 1945. (Thanks to Noel Paris, who provided additional info).

Robert Hurst
Commercial Service
CVE-39 Cordova / HMS Khedive
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Ex-HMS Khedive as Rempang (Dutch flag) in the Weser River, Bremen, Germany, April 1964.

Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
CVE-10 Breton/HMS Chaser
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Newspaper picture showing the Dutch vessel Rempang, ex-Cordova, ex-HMS Khedive, working cargo in Bremen, Germany, in August 1965

Gerhard Mueller-Debus

HMS KHEDIVE CVE-39 History (Ex- CORDOVA)
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