How many ships were to be disarmed and converted to merchant use ?
The three converted in 1939 were 7,900 - tons merchant ships : SS " Pakeha " as HMS " Revenge " ASS " Waimana " as HMS " Resolution " SS " Mamari " , " Fleet Tender C " as HMS " Hermes " These three ships never left the home waters of the United Kingdom and became obsolete in 1941 .