HMS Empire Battleaxe
Empire Battleaxe was a British ship of the Second World War and as HMS Donovan in service with the Royal Navyjust after the Second World War.Built as a Type C1-S-AY1 Landing Ship, Infantry named Cape Berkeley she then saw merchant service as Empire Battleaxe before being commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Empire Battleaxe and then Donovan. After she was decommissioned she returned to merchant service as Empire Battleaxe and was returned to the USA where she was renamed Cape Berkeley once again. A proposed sale in 1948 to China and renaming to Hai C fell through and she was scrapped in 1966.
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HMS Empire Battleaxe
Empire Battleaxe was a British ship of the Second World War and as HMS Donovan in service with the Royal Navyjust after the Second World War.Built as a Type C1-S-AY1 Landing Ship, Infantry named Cape Berkeley she then saw merchant service as Empire Battleaxe before being commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Empire Battleaxe and then Donovan. After she was decommissioned she returned to merchant service as Empire Battleaxe and was returned to the USA where she was renamed Cape Berkeley once again. A proposed sale in 1948 to China and renaming to Hai C fell through and she was scrapped in 1966.
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Empire Battleaxe was a British ...... and she was scrapped in 1966.
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1.207008e+2
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1943-07-12
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scrapped May 1966
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Ship armament
*1 × 4 in gun
*1 × 12 pdr gun
*12 × 20 mm guns
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Ship builder
Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California
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Ship class
Type C1-S-AY1 Landing Ship, Infantry
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Ship completed
October 1943
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Ship fate
scrapped May 1966
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Ship identification
*UK Official Number 169016
*P ...... KYFJ
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*Code Letters MYMN
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Ship launched
1943-07-12
Ship name
*Cape Berkeley
*Empire Battle ...... ley
*Hai C
*Empire Battleaxe
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Ship operator
*Cunard White Star Line
*Royal Navy
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Ship owner
*War Shipping Administration
*United States Maritime Commission
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Ship propulsion
Two steam turbines double reduction geared driving one propellor.
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Ship registry
* Los Angeles
* London
* Royal Navy
* London
* United States
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*
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Empire Battleaxe was a British ...... and she was scrapped in 1966.
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HMS Empire Battleaxe
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*Cape Berkeley (1943)
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*Cape Berkeley (1948)
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*Empire Battleaxe (1943-44)
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*Empire Battleaxe (1946-48)
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*Empire Battleaxe (1950-66)
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*HMS Donovan (1946)
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*HMS Empire Battleaxe (1944-46)
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*Hai C (1948-50)
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