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sister-ship RMS Miralda Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Gadila	MX	732	Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany	?	1.12.1934	4.1935 // 1.2.1944	sold mercantile 5.1945
Macoma	MR	235	Nederlandse Dok, Amsterdam, Netherlands	?	31.12.1935	5.1936 // 1.4.1944	sold mercantile 5.1945

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	8000
Displacement full, t	16000
Length, m	141.1
Breadth, m	18.1
Draught, m	8.38 norm 10.3 max
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 diesel
Power, h. p.	4400
Max speed, kts	12.7
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk I/III, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 4 aircraft (Swordfish II torpedo bombers)
Electronic equipment	type 271, type 279 radars
Complement	118

Graphics

Aircraft facilities(fd - 2,456m², ha - 0m² / 0m³)

 (fd - 2,456m², ha - 0m² / 0m³): Flight deck: 137.2 x 18.1m, there were no hangar and lift. Aircraft fuel stowage was 22,700l.

Project history

 Merchant aircraft carriers (MAC-ships), converted from tankers in the late 1943 - early 1944, similar to British Rapana class. Each ship carried 3-4 Swordfishes of 860 sqn RFAA. Officially they did not been included into Navy list, crew, except armament and aviation specialists, remained merchant.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

In the spring 1945 the flight deck and all armaments were demounted, and vessels continued to be used on initial purpose till 1958.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.