HMS Attacker

Last updated November 30, 2019

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Attacker:

HMS Attacker (D02) was a Bogue-class escort carrier launched in 1941. Transferred to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease in 1942, returned in 1946. Twice sold for civilian use but did not trade. Following conversion started at New York and finished at Genoa, served 1958–1977 as the passenger liner Fairsky and was broken up in 1980.
HMS Attacker (1944) was an LST launched in 1944 as LST 3010. She was renamed HMS Attacker in 1947, transferred to the Ministry of War Transport in 1954 and renamed Empire Cymric. She was broken up in 1963.
HMS Attacker (P281) was an Attacker-class patrol boat launched in 1983. She was sold to Lebanon in 1992 and renamed Trablous.

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Empire Cymric was a 4,820 GRT Ferry that was built in 1944 by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast as LST (3) HMS LST 3010 for the Royal Navy. She was transferred to the Koninklijke Marine in 1945, serving as HNLMS LST 3010. In 1947, she was transferred back to the Royal Navy and renamed HMS Attacker. The ship was requisitioned by the Ministry of Transport in 1954 and renamed Empire Cymric. Requisitioned briefly during the Suez Crisis in 1956 as HMS Empire Cymric, she served until 1962, and was scrapped in 1963.

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