List of ship decommissionings in 1943
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The list of ship decommissionings in 1943 includes a chronological list of all ship
s decommissioned in 1943.
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! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Operator
! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Ship
! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Class and type
! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Fate
! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Other notes
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 19 July
|
| Baffins
| Bogue class
escort carrier
| Lend-Lease
transfer
| Renamed HMS Ameer
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 31 July
|
| Glacier
| Bogue class
escort carrier
| Lend-Lease
transfer
| Renamed HMS Atheling
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 6 August
|
| Pybus
| Bogue class
escort carrier
| Lend-Lease
transfer
| Renamed HMS Emperor
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 12 August
|
| Bolinas
| Bogue class
escort carrier
| Lend-Lease
transfer
| Renamed HMS Begum
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| September
|
| Newmarket
| Wickes class
destroyer
|
| Reduced to care and maintenance status
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 6 November
|
| Archer
| Long Island class
escort carrier
| Hulk
| Transferred to Ministry of War Transport in 1945 and renamed Empire Lagan
Ship
Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing,...
s decommissioned in 1943.
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! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Operator
! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Ship
! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Class and type
! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Fate
! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Other notes
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! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 19 July
|
| Baffins
| Bogue class
Bogue class escort carrier
The Bogue-class were a group of escort carriers built in the United States for service with the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy during World War II....
escort carrier
| Lend-Lease
Lend-Lease
Lend-Lease was the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945. It was signed into law on March 11, 1941, a year and a half after the outbreak of war in Europe in...
transfer
| Renamed HMS Ameer
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 31 July
|
| Glacier
| Bogue class
Bogue class escort carrier
The Bogue-class were a group of escort carriers built in the United States for service with the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy during World War II....
escort carrier
| Lend-Lease
Lend-Lease
Lend-Lease was the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945. It was signed into law on March 11, 1941, a year and a half after the outbreak of war in Europe in...
transfer
| Renamed HMS Atheling
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 6 August
|
| Pybus
| Bogue class
Bogue class escort carrier
The Bogue-class were a group of escort carriers built in the United States for service with the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy during World War II....
escort carrier
| Lend-Lease
Lend-Lease
Lend-Lease was the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945. It was signed into law on March 11, 1941, a year and a half after the outbreak of war in Europe in...
transfer
| Renamed HMS Emperor
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 12 August
|
| Bolinas
| Bogue class
Bogue class escort carrier
The Bogue-class were a group of escort carriers built in the United States for service with the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy during World War II....
escort carrier
| Lend-Lease
Lend-Lease
Lend-Lease was the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945. It was signed into law on March 11, 1941, a year and a half after the outbreak of war in Europe in...
transfer
| Renamed HMS Begum
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| September
|
| Newmarket
USS Robinson (DD-88)
USS Robinson was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy, later transferred to the Royal Navy, as HMS Newmarket...
| Wickes class
Wickes class destroyer
The Wickes-class destroyers were a group of 111 destroyers built by the United States Navy in 1917-1919. Along with the 6 preceding Caldwell class and 155 subsequent Clemson-class destroyers, they formed the "flush-deck" or "four-stack" class. Only a few were completed in time to serve in World...
destroyer
|
| Reduced to care and maintenance status
|-----
! style="background: #bbdddd;"| 6 November
|
| Archer
HMS Archer (D78)
HMS Archer was a built by the United States in 1939–1940 and operated by the Royal Navy during World War II. She was built as the cargo ship Mormancland, but was converted to an escort carrier and renamed HMS Archer. Her transmission was a constant cause of problems which led to her being...
| Long Island class
Long Island class escort carrier
The Long Island-class escort carrier was a two-ship class, originally listed as "AVG" . They were converted from merchant ships....
escort carrier
| Hulk
| Transferred to Ministry of War Transport in 1945 and renamed Empire Lagan