HMS Biter was a Royal Navy escort carrier during the Second World War. She was laid down as a merchant ship at the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company yard at Chester, Pennsylvania. Laid down on 28 December 1939, she was converted to an escort carrier and commissioned in the Royal Navy on 6 May 1942.

HMS Biter is an Archer -class P2000-type patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy. She is assigned to Manchester & Salford Universities Royal Naval Unit, a Royal Naval Reserve unit based in Manchester. The ship is based at HMS Eaglet, the Royal Naval Headquarters in …

HMS Biter (P270) is one of 16 Archer-class patrol vessels assigned to the Coastal Forces Squadron, providing maritime security and operations within Europe’s coastal waters.

BITER was originally laid down at the yard of the Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Chester Pennsylvania, on December 28th 1939 as a 9,100 ton C3 type passenger-cargo vessel the RIO PARANA.

HMS Biter (D97) was an escort carrier launched in 1940. She was transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease in 1942, transferred to the French Navy in 1945 and renamed Dixmude , used as an accommodation ship from 1956 and was returned to …

ARCHER-Class Escort Aircraft Carrier obtained under US/UK Lend Lease Arrangement. The ship was under construction at Cheater, Pennsylvania by Sun Shipbuilding as mercantile RIO PANAMA. She was laid down on 28th December 1939 and launched on 18th December 1940.

Jun 25, 2015 · On 14 October, Biter embarked her assigned squadron, No. 800 (Fleet Air Arm) and, in company with HMS Victorious and HMS Avenger (D. 14) (BAVG-2), departed Scapa Flow for Greenock two days later....

As seen from HMS Victorious (R38), HMS Biter (D97)—near ship—and HMS Avenger (D14) are underway and battling heavy weather in the North Sea, August 1942. Note that Biter has been configured with an island structure, while Avenger has the configuration as completed.

Die HMS Biter (D97) war ein Geleitflugzeugträger der Avenger-Klasse der Royal Navy im Zweiten Weltkrieg.Wie seine drei Schwesterschiffe wurde das Schiff als Linienfrachter in Auftrag gegeben und dann als Geleitträger fertiggestellt. Für ihre Dienste in der Royal Navy wurde die Biter mit den Battle Honours „North Africa 1942“ und „Atlantic 1943–44“ ausgezeichnet.

Starboard bow view of HMS BITER during her sea Trials off New York. BITER was originally laid down at the yard of the Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Chester Pennsylvania, on December 28th 1939 as a 9,100 ton C3 type passenger-cargo vessel the RIO PARANA.