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Empire MacAlpine 1943

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Empire MacAlpine	MH	268	Burntisland	11.8.1942	23.12.1942	14.4.1943	sold mercantile 1945
Empire MacKendrick	MO	277	Burntisland	?	29.9.1943	12.1943	sold mercantile 1945

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	7950BRT	Empire MacAndrew class: 7950BRT Empire MacRae class: 8250BRT	Empire MacCabe: 9249BRT Empire MacColl: 9133BRT Empire MacKay: 8908BRT Empire MacMahon: 8856BRT	8000BRT
Displacement full, t	12000	12000	~12000	16256
Length, m	139.9	Empire MacAndrew class: 136.7 Empire MacRae class: 136.1	Empire MacCabe: 148.1 Empire MacColl: 146.8 Empire MacKay: 146.1 Empire MacMahon: 147.2	Alexia, Rapana, Miralda, Macoma, Gadila: 146.6 Acavus, Ancylus, Amastra, Adula: 147.1
Breadth, m	18.3	Empire MacAndrew class: 17.1 Empire MacRae class: 17.6	Empire MacCabe: 18.8 Empire MacColl: 18.4 Empire MacKay: 18.6 Empire MacMahon: 17.9	18.0
Draught, m	7.47	Empire MacAndrew class: 7.54 Empire MacRae class: 7.47	Empire MacCabe, Empire MacColl, Empire MacMahon: 8.38 Empire MacKay: 8.23	8.38
No of shafts	1	1	1	1
Machinery	1 Doxford diesel	1 Burmeister & Wain diesel	Empire MacCabe: 1 Doxford diesel Empire MacColl, Empire MacKay: 1 Burmeister & Wain diesel Empire MacMahon: 1 Werspoor diesel	1 Sulzer diesel Gadila: 1 MAN diesel
Power, h. p.	3500	3300	3300	4000 Gadila: 3500
Max speed, kts	12.5	12.5	11	12.7
Fuel, t	diesel oil	diesel oil	diesel oil	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk I/III, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 4 aircraft (Swordfish torpedo bombers)	1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk I/III, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 4 aircraft (Swordfish torpedo bombers)	Empire MacCabe, Empire MacMahon: 1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 8 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 4 aircraft (Swordfish torpedo bombers) Empire MacColl, Empire MacKay: 1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 8 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 3 aircraft (Swordfish torpedo bombers)	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 torpedo bombers)
Electronic equipment	type 271, type 279 radars	type 271, type 279 radars	type 271, type 279 radars	type 271M, type 279 radars
Complement	107	107	122	118

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Aircraft facilities(fd - 2,231m², ha - ~ 600m² / 4,380m³)

 (fd - 2,231m², ha - ~ 600m² / 4,380m³): Flight deck: 128.9 (Empire MacAndrew class)-129.3 (Empire MacRae class)x18.9m, hangar was 7.3m in height. There was a lift (12.8x6.7m, 4.5t). Aircraft fuel stowage was 22,700l.   

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