HMS Smiter
escort carrier
IMO 5025809
MMSI —
activeCurrent position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- HMS Smiter
- IMO number
- 5025809
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- escort carrier
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
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- Beam
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- Year built
- 1944
- Builder
- Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
- Registered owner
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- Operator
- Royal Navy
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About HMS Smiter
USS Vermillion (CVE-52) (previously AVG-52 then later ACV-52) was laid down on 10 May 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation as a Bogue-class auxiliary aircraft carrier; redesignated an escort aircraft carrier, on 10 June 1943; assigned to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 23 June 1943; launched on 27 September 1943; and accepted by Britain on 20 January 1944.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is HMS Smiter now?
- HMS Smiter has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is HMS Smiter?
- HMS Smiter is a escort carrier, built in 1944 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation.
- Who owns HMS Smiter?
- HMS Smiter is operated by Royal Navy. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has HMS Smiter been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for HMS Smiter appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).