The first HMS Shah was a nineteenth-century unarmoured iron hulled, wooden sheathed frigate of Britain's Royal Navy designed by Sir Edward Reed. She was originally to be named HMS Blonde but was renamed following the visit of the Shah of Persia in 1873.

USS Jamaica (CVE-43) (originally AVG-43 then later ACV-43), was an escort carrier of World War II that served in the British Royal Navy as HMS Shah (D21). Returned to the United States at war's end, she was converted into a merchant vessel and she was sold into civilian service in …

HMS Shah (1873) was an iron hulled, wooden sheathed frigate launched in 1873. She was originally to be named HMS Blonde but was renamed following the visit of the Shah of Persia . On 28 May 1877 she fired the first torpedo to be used in action, although without effect.

HMS SHAH was one of only a handful of escort carriers that were to be pressed into active service before making a voyage to the UK; she was allocated to the 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron with the East Indies Fleet as an anti-submarine carrier and sailed from Esquimalt for San Francisco on January 2nd 1944.

During this period the Shah ran 31,228 miles: doing 9537 under steam only: 3887 with Sail and Steam, and 17,804 under Sail alone. She was at sea 204 days and burnt 4887 tons of Coal which cost £13,509.

The first HMS Shah was a 19th-century unarmoured iron hulled, wooden sheathed frigate of Britain's Royal Navy designed by Sir Edward Reed. She was originally to be named HMS Blonde but was renamed following the visit of the Shah of Persia in 1873.

HMS SHAH was nominated for return to UK in September and released from East Indies Fleet. The ship sailed for UK on 26th September with personnel of 845 and 851 Squadrons embarked. She arrived in the Clyde for the first time on 7th October and was de-stored prior to …

On 29 May 1877 she fought an action, the Battle of Pacocha, in company with the corvette HMS Amethyst against the Peruvian armored turret ship Huascar, which had been taken over by rebels opposed to the Peruvian government.

HMS Shah vs Huascar 1877 – an indecisive but significant single-ship action. An obscure single-ship action off the coast of South America, though inconclusive, was of enormous significance for future naval warfare. It involved a British cruiser, HMS Shah, and the Huascar, a rebel Peruvian ironclad. The Shah vs. Huascar action 29th May 1877

On 6 May bombardments and air strikes were again carried out in the Port Blair area. As of 0700/6 HMS Empress started to launch fourteen Hellcats while HMS Shah launched eight Avengers and four Hellcats.