List of ships of the Second World War (E)

This is a list of ships of the Second World War starting with E.^[1][2][3][4] Submarines show submerged displacement. Dates are year_month_day to allow ordering. Click on headers to sort column alphabetically.

Ship	Country	Class	Type	Displacement (tons)	First commissioned	Fate
Eagle	Royal Navy		aircraft carrier	22,600	26 February 1924	sunk 11 August 1942
Earle	United States Navy	Gleaves	destroyer	1,630	1 September 1942	decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1970
Eastview	Royal Canadian Navy	River	frigate	1,445	3 June 1944	paid off 17 January 1946
Eberle	United States Navy	Gleaves	destroyer	1,630	4 December 1940	Transferred to Greece, 22 January 1951, scrapped 1972
Echo	Royal Navy  Hellenic Navy	E	destroyer	1,405	22 October 1934	to Greece as Navarion 5 April 1944, scrapped April 1956
Edinburgh	Royal Navy	Town class light cruiser		11,500	6 July 1939	lost 2 May 1942
Edison	United States Navy	Gleaves	destroyer	1,630	31 January 1941	decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1966
Edmundston	Royal Canadian Navy	Flower	corvette	925	21 October 1941	paid off 16 June 1945
Edwards	United States Navy	Gleaves	destroyer	1,630	18 September 1942	decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1973
Effingham	Royal Navy	Hawkins	heavy cruiser	9,750	2 July 1925	wrecked 18 May 1940
Eggesford	Royal Navy	Hunt	destroyer escort	1,050	21 January 1943	paid off 1946
Eglantine	Royal Norwegian Navy	Flower	corvette	925	29 August 1941	scrapped June 1969
Eglinton	Royal Navy	Hunt	destroyer escort	1,000	28 August 1940	paid off 1945, scrapped 1956
Eidsvold	Norway	coastal defence ship		4,233	1901	sunk 9 April 1940
El Amir Farouq	Egypt	patrol vessel		1,441
El Dorado	USA	Mount McKinley class amphibious force command ship		7,350	25 August 1944	Decommissioned 8 November 1972, scrapped 1976
Ellet	United States Navy	Benham	destroyer	1,500	17 February 1939	scrapped 1947
Elli	Hellenic Navy	Chao Ho class protected cruiser		2,115	November 1913	sunk 15 August 1940
Ellyson	United States Navy	Gleaves	destroyer	1,630	28 November 1941	to Japan 1954, scrapped 1970
Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta	Regia Marina	Duca d'Aosta class light cruiser		8,450	13 July 1935	ceded to USSR 1949, renamed Kerch, scrapped in 1960s
Emden	Kriegsmarine	light cruiser		5,600	October 1925	scuttled 3 May 1945
Emerald	Royal Navy	Emerald class light cruiser		7,580	14 January 1926	scrapped July 1948
Émile Bertin	French Navy  Free French Naval Forces	Émile Bertin class light cruiser		5,886	28 January 1935	scrapped 1959
Emmons	United States Navy	Gleaves	destroyer	1,630	5 December 1941	sunk 6 April 1945
Emperor	Royal Navy	Ruler	escort carrier	11,400	6 August 1943	paid off 28 March 1946, scrapped 1946
Empire Activity	Royal Navy	Empire	merchant aircraft carrier	14,250	29 September 1942	20 October 1945
Empire Audacity	Royal Navy	Empire	merchant aircraft carrier	11,000	20 June 1941	Sunk 21 December 1941
Empire MacAlpine	Royal Navy	Empire	merchant aircraft carrier	8,000	14 April 1943	transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Derryname
Empire MacAndrew	Royal Navy	Empire	merchant aircraft carrier	8,000	7 July 1943	transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Derryheen
Empire MacCabe	Royal Navy	Empire	merchant aircraft carrier	9,000	November 1943	Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Escort
Empire MacCallum	Royal Navy	Empire	merchant aircraft carrier	8,000	22 December 1943	transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Alpha Zambesi
Empire MacColl	Royal Navy	Empire	merchant aircraft carrier	9,000	November 1943	Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Pilot
Empire MacDermott	Royal Navy	Empire	merchant aircraft carrier	8,000	31 March 1944	transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed La Cumbre
Empire MacKay	Royal Navy	Empire	merchant aircraft carrier	9,000	5 October 1943	Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed British Swordfish
Empire MacKendrick	Royal Navy	Empire	merchant aircraft carrier	8,000	December 1943	transferred to merchant service post-war; renamed Granpond
Empire MacMahon	Royal Navy	Empire	merchant aircraft carrier	9,000	December 1943	Transferred to merchant service 1946, renamed Naninia
Empire MacRae	Royal Navy	Empire	merchant aircraft carrier	8,000	20 September 1943	Returned to merchant service 1947, renamed Alpha Zambesi
Empress	Royal Navy	Ruler	escort carrier	7,800	9 August 1943	paid off 28 March 1946, scrapped 1946
Endicott	United States Navy	Gleaves	destroyer	1,630	25 February 1943	decommissioned 1955, scrapped 1970
Enterprise	Royal Navy	Emerald class light cruiser		7,580	7 April 1926	scrapped April 1946
Enterprise	United States Navy	Yorktown	aircraft carrier	25,100	12 May 1938	decommissioned 1947,scrapped 1959
Entre Rios	Argentina	Buenos Aires	destroyer	1,375
Erebus	Royal Navy	Erebus class monitor		8,000	2 September 1916	Scrapped July 1946
Erica	Royal Navy	Flower	corvette	925	9 August 1940	sunk 9 February 1943
Ericsson	United States Navy	Gleaves	destroyer	1,630	13 March 1941	decommissioned 1946, sunk as target 1970
Eridge	Royal Navy	Hunt	destroyer escort	1,050	28 February 1941	scrapped 1946
Eritrea	Regia Marina	-	Sloop	2,200	1937	ceded to France 1948, renamed Francis Garnier, expended as target 1966
Eskdale	Royal Norwegian Navy	Hunt	destroyer escort	1,050	31 July 1942	sunk 14 April 1943
Eskimo	Royal Navy	Tribal	destroyer	2,020	30 December 1938	scrapped 1949
Essex	United States Navy	Essex	aircraft carrier	30,800	31 December 1942	decommissioned 30 June 1969, scrapped 1975
Ettrick	Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy	River	frigate	1,445	11 July 1943	to Canada 29 January 1944, paid off 30 May 1945
Eugenio di Savoia	Regia Marina	Duca d'Aosta class light cruiser		8,750	16 January 1936	ceded to Greece 1950, renamed Elli, scrapped 1973
Exeter	Royal Navy	York class cruiser		8,390	23 July 1931	sunk 1 March 1942
Exmoor (I)	Royal Navy	Hunt	destroyer escort	1,000	18 October 1940	sunk by E-boat S-30, 25 February 1941.
Exmoor (II)	Royal Navy	Hunt	destroyer escort	1,050	18 October 1941	November 1945
Express	Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy	E	destroyer	1,405	29 May 1934	Transferred to RCN June 1943 as HMCS Gatineau, paid off 1955
Eyebright	Royal Navy  Royal Canadian Navy	Flower	corvette	925	26 November 1940	to Canada 15 May 1941, paid off 17 June 1945

References

1. Naval Vessel Register Index
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3. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Index
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