AIRCRAFT-CARRIER NOW A MERCHANT VESSEL.—The South Africa Star photographed on her recent arrival at Auckland from London on her first visit to New Zealand as a merchant ship. Built in the United States in 1944 as a Victory ship, the South Africa Star was converted into an escort aircraft-carrier and, as H.M.S. Reaper, served in the British Pacific Fleet, Her naval service over, she has been reconstructed as a merchant ship. She is due at Lyttelton on July 2.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25516, 9 June 1948, Page 6
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79AIRCRAFT-CARRIER NOW A MERCHANT VESSEL.—The South Africa Star photographed on her recent arrival at Auckland from London on her first visit to New Zealand as a merchant ship. Built in the United States in 1944 as a Victory ship, the South Africa Star was converted into an escort aircraft-carrier and, as H.M.S. Reaper, served in the British Pacific Fleet, Her naval service over, she has been reconstructed as a merchant ship. She is due at Lyttelton on July 2. Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25516, 9 June 1948, Page 6
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