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HMS Trouncer (D85)
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HMS Trouncer alongside a pier at Portland, Oregon on 9 February
1944, soon after completion. Commissioned for a few days as USS Perdido (CVE-47), this
ship was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease at the end of January 1944 and thereafter
served in the Royal Navy.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives (#19-N-61366). |
Naval History & Heritage Command, via Robert Hurst |
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Undated, starboard side view. |
IWM |
Commercial Service
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Ex-HMS Trouncer as Benrinnes. This picture was
taken from the ST London Valour in 1966 as she passed us about 100 miles into the Bay of Biscay
heading approximately SSW. |
©David Meare,
formerly Radio Officer, British Merchant Navy |
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Ben Line Benrinnes discharging cargo from the Far
East. Bremerhaven, September 1971. Note: During the rebuilding process after WW II, this vessel had
been fitted with a slightly modified superstructure that was originally destined for a Liberty
Ship. |
Photos by Gerhard Mueller-Debus |
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Ex-HMS Trouncer as Benrinnes, Bremerhaven, July 1972. |
Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus |
