page_title: HMS Biter (D97)
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Biter (D97)
caption_attribution_description: English: The Royal Navy escort carrier HMS Biter (D97) underway. On deck are a Grumman Martlet and a Fairey Swordfish.
context_page_description: HMS Biter was a Royal Navy escort carrier during the Second World War. She was laid down as a merchant ship at the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company yard at Chester, Pennsylvania. Laid down on 28 December 1939, she was converted to an escort carrier and commissioned in the Royal Navy on 6 May 1942. She was returned to the United States in 1945 and subsequently lent to France.
context_section_description: HMS Biter was a Royal Navy escort carrier during the Second World War. She was laid down as a merchant ship at the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company yard at Chester, Pennsylvania. Laid down on 28 December 1939, she was converted to an escort carrier and commissioned in the Royal Navy on 6 May 1942. She was returned to the United States in 1945 and subsequently lent to France.
caption: HMS Biter underway March 1943
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