HMS Smiter—ex-Vermillion (CVE-52)—underway circa 1944, location unknown. She is wearing what can only be described as a "reversed" colour scheme where the lighter tones were applied low down near the waterline and the darker tones higher up. Imperial War Museum photo # A27601.

Photo from Naval Camouflage 1914–1945, A Complete Visual Reference, by David Williams.

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

Crew of HMS Smiter (D55), date and location unknown.

Elaine Fairhurst, daughter of CPO C.D. Appleton, explains: "My dad was part of the crew which went to Seattle to collect the Aircraft Carrier and was also docked when the Japanese signed the treaty to surrender (VJ-day). They ferried POWs from Japan to Cyprus, giving up their bunks while the crew slept on the deck. They were in the Middle East on their way to Australia and were turned back when the war ended and went back to Hong Kong. Dad served in the RN Fleet Air Arm 1940–1945 and 1947–1952."

"He also served on HMS Victoria Castle (Iceland), HMS Pretoria Castle, HMS Daedalus, HMS Ocean and (I think!) HMS Fencer)."

Ex-Vermillion, ex-HMS Smiter, as the Argentinean-flagged Artillero. Location is annotated to be Searsport, Maine. Date unknown.

Ex-Vermillion, ex-HMS Smiter, as the Argentinean-flagged Artillero, in the background. Bremen, Germany, October 1960. (Newspaper clipping.)

Ex-Vermillion, ex-HMS Smiter, as the Argentinean freighter Artillero, working cargo in the port of Bremen, Germany, July 1961. (Newspaper clipping.)

In July 1967 the vesel (by then the Philippine-flagged Presidente García) ran aground in the English Channel on her way from Cebu to Rotterdam. She was refloated shortly afterwards, but repairs were deemed uneconomical. Therefore, after discharge of her cargo at Rotterdam, the vessel was sold and scrapped at Hamburg, Germany.