HMS Archer
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Ship Class | Archer-class Escort Carrier |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding, Sun Shipbuilding, VA |
| Commissioned | 18 November 1941 |
| Displacement | 9000 tons standard; 12860 tons full |
| Length | 492 feet |
| Beam | 70 feet |
| Draft | 22 feet |
| Machinery | 4 x diesels driving 1 shaft |
| Power Output | 8500 SHP |
| Speed | 16 knots |
| Crew | 555 |
| Aircraft | 16 |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
HMS Archer was built by the United States and trasferred to the Royal Navy in November 1941 under the Lend-Lease policies. She made aviation history as the carrier that launched the very first aircraft to land on the Ascension Island in the South Atlantic (piloted by Lt. E. Dixon-Child, Sub Lt. P. Shaw, and PO W. Townsend) on a search and rescue mission. After the war, she entered merchant service and was renamed several times (Empire Lagan 1946, Anna Salen 1949, Tasmania 1955, Union Reliance 1961). She was scrapped in New Orleans, United States, in 1962.
Source: Fleet Air Arm Archive
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