HMS Empire Battleaxe
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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.
1943 — 1966
Wikidata
F161
length 127.4 metre,
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
1943 — 1966 HMS Empire Battleaxe
1943-10-01T00:00:00Z
1943-10-01T00:00:00Z
ship completed
1943-07-12T00:00:00Z
1943-07-12T00:00:00Z
ship launching
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