| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort Carrier |
| Class | Ameer |
| Pennant | D 10 |
| Built by | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 17 Dec 1942 |
| Launched | 18 May 1943 |
| Commissioned | 17 Jan 1944 |
| End service | 13 Dec 1946 |
| History | Transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease. |
| Former name | USS Prince |
Commands listed for HMS Rajah (D 10)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | A/Cdr. (retired) Philip Henry Baker, OBE, RN | 22 Nov 1943 | 28 Feb 1944 |
| 2 | A/Capt. Robert Syme Denholm Armour, RN | 28 Feb 1944 | Nov 1944 |
| 3 | A/Cdr. Alwyn William Reginald Adams, RN | Nov 1944 | 20 Nov 1945 |
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Notable events involving Rajah include:
8 Oct 1944
Around 1300FG/8, the escort carriers HMS Atheling (A/Cdr. H.L. Oliver, RN) and Rajah (A/Capt. R.S.D. Armour, RN) departed Coching for Trincomalee and Colombo respectively. Off the entrance to the swept channel, they were joined by their escort the destroyer HrMs Van Galen (Cdr. F.T. Burghard, RNethN).
Around 1305FG/9, HMS Rajah parted company to proceed to Colombo where she arrived around 1530FG/9.
HMS Atheling and HrMs Van Galen arrived at Trincomalee around 1720FG/10. (1)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.1618 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)