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VERMILLION (CVE-52)  /  HMS SMITER


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 Artillero (Argentinian flag). 1965: Presidente García (Philippine flag). July 1967: Aground near Guernsey, Channel Islands. Heavily damaged. Refloated and towed to Rotterdam. December 1967: Scrapped at Hamburg, Germany.
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Vermillion (CVE-52)/HMS Smiter
NS0305201		 40k

HMS Smiter. Date and place unknown.

 Haze Gray & Underway
Vermillion (CVE-52)/HMS Smiter
NS0305202		 99k

HMS Smiter, ex-Vermillion (CVE-52) tied-up to a buoy circa 1944, location unknown.

 Robert Hurst

For more information and photos of this ship, see:
VERMILLION (CVE-52) / HMS SMITER History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
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Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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