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PRINCE (CVE-45)  /  HMS RAJAH


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 Drente (Dutch flag). 1966: Lambros. 1969: Ulisse. July 1975: Scrapped at Savona, Italy.
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HMS Rajah (D10 / R310)
Prince (CVE-45) / HMS Rajah
NS0304501		 103k On sea trials. IWM
Prince (CVE-45) / HMS Rajah
NS0304504		 111k

Late in her career, 1946, not long before her return to the US.

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Prince (CVE-45) / HMS Rajah
NS0304505		 116k A distant view of the Dutch cargo liner Drente (left), ex-Prince (CVE-45), ex-HMS Rajah (D10), anchoring in the River Weser estuary, awaiting a berth in the port of Bremen, Germany circa late 1950s. From an old, out-of-print River Weser area promotion brochure.
Submitted by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
Prince (CVE-45) / HMS Rajah
NS0304503		 72k Ex-Prince, ex-HMS Rajah, as Drente (Dutch flag), leaving Bremen, Germany, August 1960. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
Prince (CVE-45) / HMS Rajah
NS0304502		 59k Ex-Prince, ex-HMS Rajah, as Drente (Dutch flag). Bremen, Germany, February 1961. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
HMS RAJAH CVE-45 History (Ex- PRINCE)
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