HMS Premier (D23)
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hms-premier-d23-260-6881007
title:
HMS Premier (D23)
text:
The first USS Estero (CVE-42) was an escort aircraft carrier launched 22 March 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Seattle, Washington, and sponsored by Mrs. C. N. Ingraham. She was reclassified CVE-42 on 15 July 1943. Completed in October 1943, she was transferred to the Royal Navy on 3 November 1943 and commissioned the same day as HMS Premier. She served in World War II as an ASW escort carrier in European waters and additionally as a ferry carrier. She was returned to United
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
American escort carrier transferred to the Royal Navy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Premier_(D23)
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date modified:
2023-08-28T21:24:04Z
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13
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