Allied Warships

HMS Stalker (D 91)

Escort Carrier of the Attacker class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Escort Carrier
Class	Attacker
Pennant	D 91
Built by	Western Pipe & Steel Co. (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	6 Oct 1941
Launched	5 Mar 1942
Commissioned	21 Dec 1942
End service	29 Dec 1945
History	Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease. Returned to the United States Navy on 29 December 1945. Stricken by the United States Navy on 20 March 1946. Sold into merchantile service being renamed Riouw. Renamed Lobito in 1968. Scrapped in Taiwan in September 1975.
Former name	USS Hamlin

Commands listed for HMS Stalker (D 91)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Capt. Harry Stewart Murray-Smith, RN	15 Jun 1942	Sep 1944
2	Capt. Leonard Chisholm Sinker, DSC, RN	Sep 1944	Oct 1945 ?

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