HMS Empire Battleaxe
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Donovan.
Empire Battleaxe was a British ship of the Second World War and as HMS Donovan in service with the Royal Navy just 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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Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California |
Launched | 12 July 1943 |
Completed | October 1943 |
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Fate | Scrapped May 1966 |
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Length | 396 ft 5 in (120.83 m) |
Beam | 60 ft 1 in (18.31 m) |
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Propulsion | Two steam turbines (Westinghouse Electrical & Manufacturing Co, Essington, California) double reduction geared driving one propellor. |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 18 x Landing Craft Assaults, 1 x Landing Craft Mechanized (Empire Battleaxe, HMS Empire Battleaxe, HMS Donovan) |
Capacity | 1,000 troops (Empire Battleaxe, HMS Empire Battleaxe, HMS Donovan) |
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