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Macha 1953  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Macha (ex-Borage)	P01		George Brown, Greenock, UK	11.1940	22.11.1941	4/1942 // 11.1946	stricken 1.1971
Maev (ex-Oxlip)	P02		Inglis, Glasgow, UK	12.1940	28.8.1941	12/1941 // 11.1946	stricken 3.1972
Cliona (ex-Bellwort)	P03		George Brown, Greenock, UK	9.1940	11.8.1941	11/1941 // 2.1947	stricken 1.1971

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	925
Displacement full, t	1170
Length, m	57.9 pp 62.5 oa
Breadth, m	10.1
Draught, m	4.14 deep load
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	2750
Max speed, kts	16.5
Fuel, t	oil 230
Endurance, nm(kts)	3500(12)
Armament	Macha: 1 x 1 - 102/45 CP Mk I, 1 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (40) Maev: 1 x 1 - 102/45 CP Mk I, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (40) Cliona: 1 x 1 - 102/45 CP Mk I, 1 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (40)
Electronic equipment	type 271 radar, type 128 sonar
Complement	109

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Project history

Former British corvettes of Flower class, acquired by the Irish Navy in 1946 - 1947. Cliona and Maev had short forecastles, forecastle of Macha was extended as on modified Flowers. Also one of her messdecks was converted to cabins for flotilla commander and Macha was used as leader.

Modernizations

1966 - 1967, Cliona, Macha: were refitted for fishery protection duties; armament was consisted from 1 x 1 - 102/45 CP Mk 1 only.

Naval service

No significant events.