HMS Biter was a Royal Navy escort carrier during the Second World War. She was commissioned in the Royal Navy on 6 May 1942. During World War Two, she escorted several convoys and participated in Operation Torch.
After World War Two, she was returned to the United States and lent to the French Navy, where she was renamed Dixmude.
HMS Biter Moored at Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, May 1943,HMS Biter (D97) underway in March 1943HMS BiterHMS Biter in dry dock, Rosyth, Scotland, December 1943Stern view of the escort carrier HMS Biter (D97), showing the stern sponson carrying the after 4″ Mark V gunHMS Biter (D97) and HMS Avenger (D14) underway in line astern from the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious (R38),As seen from HMS Illustrious (87), the escort carriers HMS Biter (D97) and HMS Avenger (D14) follow in formation astern, in September 1942View of HMS Biter From a Fairey Swordfish about to landFairey Swordfish of HMS Biter about to landA Fairey Swordfish Taking Off From HMS BiterA Fairey Swordfish Taking Off From HMS BiterFairey Swordfish planes just after taking off from HMS BiterHMS Biter with one of her Avenger strike aircraft in the foreground whilst on convoy escort duty in the AtlanticJS327 was a 12-gun Sea Hurricane Mk XII, flying off HMS Biter with 804 NAS during Operation TorchJS327 was a 12-gun Sea Hurricane Mk XII, flying off HMS Biter with 804 NAS during Operation TorchSea Hurricane Mk.XII JS355 during Operation Torch aboard HMS Biter Nov 1942
