Athene 1942
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Athene (ex-Clan Brodie) | D25 | 444 | Greenock // John Brown, Clydebank | 12/1939 | 1.10.1940 | 10/1941 | sold mercantile 1946 |
| Engadine (ex-Clan Buchanan) | D71 | 1356 | Denny, Dumbarton | 16.3.1940 | 26.5.1941 | 11/1941 | stricken 8.1945, sold mercantile 1946 |
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Displacement standard, t |
Athene: 9435 Engadine: 9190 |
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Displacement full, t |
Athene: 10890 Engadine: 10650 |
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Length, m |
148.7 |
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Breadth, m |
19.2 |
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Draught, m |
Athene: 7.01 deep load Engadine: 6.71 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE & LP Bauer-Wach turbines |
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Power, h. p. |
8300 |
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Max speed, kts |
16 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 985 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 120/45 BL Mk I/II, 1 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, 4 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II |
| Sensors | 2x type 286 radars |
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Complement |
Aircraft facilities: Aircraft fuel stowage was 129,560l. Ships can carry up to 20 Hurricanes with folded wings or 40 planes with the wings removed.
Project history: They were ordered as transports, decision on conversion to aircraft transports was accepted when hulls still were on slipways. It was primary planned to built two seaplane carriers with one catapult and ten seaplanes intended for protection of transport communications. They were redesigned as aircraft transports for carrying of wheeled aircrafts already when outfitted. Ships could carry up to 40 Hurricane fighters with removed wings or 16-20 complete Hurricanes. 129,560l of aviation petrol were stored on board, this option remained from seaplane carrier design.
Ship protection: magazines had 38mm vertical and 51mm horizontal protection.
Modernizations: 1942 - 1945, both: + 10 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
1/1946: 1 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk VI, 1 x 1 - 102/45 CP Mk II, 4 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII, 10 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2x type 286 radars
Naval service: No significant events.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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