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  HMS Hunter D80 (CVE-8 USS Block Island)   
1943 - 1945 .
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HMS Hunter

Class

US Bogue Class / Attacker Class

Builder

Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi

Laid down

15. May 1941

Launched

22. May 1942

Commissioned

9. January 1943

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1943 (general)

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899 NAS 28. Aug. 1943 - 13. Oct. 1943

Seafire IIc

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last update 1. November 2011
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? 17. Sep. 1943 - 23. Sep. 1943
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Capt: CAG: -
808 NAS Seafire LF.IIc (9) Lt-Cdr (A) A. C.  Wallace, RNVR
17. Sep. 1943 - 23. Sep. 1943

 
last update 30. January 2023
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? 1. Oct. 1943 - 6. Oct. 1943
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Capt: CAG: -
808 NAS Seafire LF.IIc (9)

Lt-Cdr (A) J. F. Rankin, DSC, RN
1. Oct. 1943 - 6. Oct. 1943

 
last update 30. January 2023
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? 21. Jan 1944 - 25. Feb 1944
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Capt: CAG: -
808 NAS Seafire LF.IIc (9)

Lt-Cdr (A) J. F. Rankin, DSC, RN
21. Jan 1944 - 25. Feb 1944

 
last update 30. January 2023
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? 5. Jan. 1945 - 7. Feb. 1945
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Capt: CAG: -
808 NAS Hellcat I & II (?)

Lt-Cdr (A) J. F. Rankin, DSC, RN
5. Jan. 1945 - 7. Feb. 1945

 
last update 30. January 2023
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1945 (general)

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1700 NAS Dt. 23. Apr. 45 - 12. Jun. 45

Walrus I

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last update 1 November 2011
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Decommissioned

29 December 1945
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last update 1. Februay 2013

written 1. November 2011

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