HMS Attacker
escort carrier
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- HMS Attacker
- IMO number
- 5111622
- MMSI
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- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- 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
- 1942
- Builder
- Western Pipe and Steel Company
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- Royal Navy
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About HMS Attacker
HMS Attacker (D02) was an American-built escort carrier that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Converted from a merchantman under construction, she was commissioned by the United States Navy on 30 September 1942, as USS Barnes (CVE-7), a Bogue-class escort carrier; she was decommissioned and transferred to the Royal Navy on the same day under the Lend-Lease agreement. Attacker served throughout the war, first as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. After further conversion by the Royal Navy in October 1943, into an assault carrier, the ship was active in the Mediterranean, and later the war in the Pacific. In late August 1945, Attacker witnessed the Japanese surrender of Penang, in Malaya, as part of Operation Jurist.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is HMS Attacker now?
- HMS Attacker 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 Attacker?
- HMS Attacker is a escort carrier, built in 1942 by Western Pipe and Steel Company.
- Who owns HMS Attacker?
- HMS Attacker is operated by Royal Navy. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has HMS Attacker been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for HMS Attacker appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).