Athene 1942
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Athene (ex-Clan Brodie) | Greenock // John Brown, Clydebank | 12/1939 | 1/10/1940 | 10/1941 | sold mercantile 1946 | |
| Engadine (ex-Clan Buchanan) | Denny, Dumbarton | 16/3/1940 | 26/5/1941 | 11/1941 | stricken 8/1945, sold mercantile 1946 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement full, t |
Athene: 10890 Engadine: 10650 |
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Length, m |
148.6 |
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Breadth, m |
19.2 |
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Draught, m |
6.07 - 6.17 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE & LP turbines |
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Power, h. p. |
8300 |
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Max speed, kn |
17 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 980 |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 120/45 BL Mk I, 1 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V HA, 4 x 1 - 40/39 pompom |
| 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.
Ship project history: They are ordered as transports, the 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. Already in completion Tthey were redesigned as aircraft transports for carrying 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: + (7 - 10) x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon
Naval service: No significant events.
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