HMS Pursuer was an Attacker-class escort carrier of the Royal Navy in World War Two. Built in the US in 1942, she was transferred and commissioned into the Royal Navy in July 1943.
Although used primarily as a convoy escort on 3 April 1944, she provided fighter support for an air strike on the German battleship Tirpitz in Altenfjord, Norway. She sbsequently provided anti-submarine screening during the D-Day Normandy landings, participated in raids on shipping around Norway and provided air cover during the landings in Southern France.
With the end of World War Two, she was returned to the US Navy in 1946 and scrapped.
HMS Pursuer underway, with aircraft carrier HMS Furious in the background, 31 March 1944 HMS Pursuer (D73) moored after arriving back at Greenock, Scotland, from patrol.HMS PursuerHMS PursuerHMS PursuerHMS PursuerHMS PursuerA Wildcat fighter coming in to land on HMS PursuerHMS Pursuer off the northern coast of Norway April 1944Grumman Wildcat fighters on the deck of HMS Pursuer off the northern coast of Norway April 1944Grumman Wildcat fighters on the deck of HMS Pursuer off the northern coast of Norway April 1944HMS Pursuer with three of her Wildcat fighters airborne over her; 1944.Grumman Wildcats taking off from HMS Pursuer during the invasion of Southern France August 1944Grumman Wildcat being moved out of the way after becoming unserviceable on HMS Pursuer during the invasion of Southern France August 1944Grumman Wildcat being readied on HMS Pursuer during the invasion of Southern France 14/15 August 1944Grumman Wildcat being readied on HMS Pursuer during the invasion of Southern France 14/15 August 1944Wildcat on HMS PursuerA Fleet Air Arm Grumman Wildcat Mk.V of No.896 Squadron based aboard the escort carrier HMS Pursuer (D73)Hellcats of 800 Squadron (HMS Emperor) and Wildcat V’s of 882 Squadron (HMS Searcher) overfly the escort carrier HMS PursuerThe anti-aircraft guns of HMS Pursuer. Off the coast of northern Norway April 1944Pilots in the ready room of HMS PursuerFAA crewmen in the briefing room aboard the escort carrier HMS Pursuer.Captain H D Graham, DSO, DSC, RN, on the bridge of HMS Pursuer
