HMS Begum (D38)

HMS Begum (D38)

The USS "Bolinas" (CVE-36) (originally AVG-36, then later ACV-36) was an escort aircraft carrier launched 11 November 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Tacoma, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. G. B. Sherwood, wife of Commander Sherwood; and commissioned 22 July 1943, Captain H. L. Meadow in command.

On 2 August 1943 after being decommissioned "Bolinas" was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease and renamed HMS "Begum" (D38). "Begum" served with the Royal Navy during World War II and after her return was declared surplus by the U. S. Navy. She was stricken for disposal 19 June 1946 and sold by the Navy into merchant service 16 April 1947 as "Raki" and later "I Yung". She was scrapped in Taiwan in March 1974.

External links

* [http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/ESCORT/BEGUM.htm HMS Begum at RN Research Archive]

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