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Her lower hull shows patchy, weathered paintwork, and the still water reflects her outline, with hills on the left and merchant ships with cargo derricks in the distance on the right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eShe was laid down at Tacoma, Washington, in May 1943 as the American escort carrier Vermillion and commissioned into the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease in January 1944. She began as a ferry carrier, bringing American-built \u003ca title=\"Royal Navy Aircraft Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/collections\/royal-navy-aircraft-photo-prints\"\u003eaircraft\u003c\/a\u003e across the Atlantic, and later served as a deck landing training carrier in the Firths of Clyde and Forth. In the final months of the war she joined the East Indies Fleet, where she ferried aircraft and carried passengers and prisoners of war between Singapore and Colombo. She was returned to the US Navy in April 1946 and was rebuilt as the Argentine liner Artillero, which sailed between Buenos Aires and Liverpool until she was wrecked in 1967.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis print is ideal for Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm veterans and anyone with a connection to HMS Smiter or the East Indies Fleet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage Taken: 7th September 1944\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhotographer: Royal Navy official photographer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e© Public Domain - Restored by Hampshire Prints\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Hampshire Prints","offers":[{"title":"6 x 4 \/ No Frame \/ No","offer_id":59050121888125,"sku":"H0738374P","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"7 x 5 \/ No Frame \/ No","offer_id":59050121920893,"sku":"H0738375P","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"8.3 x 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