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GADILA merchant aircraft carriers (MAC-ships) (1935-1936/1944)


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sister-ship RMS Miralda Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Gadila MX 732 Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany ? 1.12.1934 4.1935 // 1.2.1944 sold mercantile 5.1945
Macoma MR 235 Nederlandse Dok, Amsterdam, Netherlands ? 31.12.1935 5.1936 // 1.4.1944 sold mercantile 5.1945


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

8000

Displacement full, t

16000

Length, m

141.1

Breadth, m

18.1

Draught, m

8.38 norm 10.3 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel

Power, h. p.

4400

Max speed, kts

12.7

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk I/III, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 4 aircraft (Swordfish II torpedo bombers)

Electronic equipmenttype 271, type 279 radars
Complement118


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<i>sister-ship </i>RMS <i>Miralda</i> <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
sister-ship RMS Miralda Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Aircraft facilities(fd - 2,456m², ha - 0m² / 0m³)

 (fd - 2,456m², ha - 0m² / 0m³): Flight deck: 137.2 x 18.1m, there were no hangar and lift. Aircraft fuel stowage was 22,700l.

Project history

 Merchant aircraft carriers (MAC-ships), converted from tankers in the late 1943 - early 1944, similar to British Rapana class. Each ship carried 3-4 Swordfishes of 860 sqn RFAA. Officially they did not been included into Navy list, crew, except armament and aviation specialists, remained merchant.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

In the spring 1945 the flight deck and all armaments were demounted, and vessels continued to be used on initial purpose till 1958.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.