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HMS AtheneUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Athene
BuilderGreenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Company, Greenock, Scotland
Yard number444
Launched1 October 1940
Out of serviceReturned to Clan Line, 1946
FateScrapped from 19 July 1963
General characteristics
Displacement10,700 tons
Length487 ft 8 in (148.6 m) (o.a.)
Beam63 ft (19.2 m)
Draught28 ft 6 in (8.7 m)
Propulsion2 × steam triple expansion engines; 2 × low pressure exhaust turbines; twin screw, 8,300 bhp
Speed17 knots (31 km/h)
Armament
  • 1 × 4 in (0.102 m) LA, 1 × 4 in Dual-purpose gun
  • 2 × Bofors 40 mm gun
  • 12 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Aircraft carriedup to 40 carried, single catapult

HMS Athene was a Royal Navy aircraft transport. She was a merchant conversion, requisitioned by the Navy during the Second World War and returned after its end. She is the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named after the Greek goddess Athene. She was broken up in 1963.

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