Ship Class: HMS Empire

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Ship Class	HMS Empire

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Ship	HMS Empire MacAlpine HMS Empire MacKendrick HMS Empire MacAndrew HMS Empire MacDermott HMS Empire MacRae HMS Empire MacCallum HMS Empire Mackay HMS Empire MacColl HMS Empire MacMahon HMS Empire MacCabe

Ship Type	Aircraft Carrier
Hanger Height	24ft
Lifts	1
Aircraft Carrier Type	Escort
Aircraft	4
Ship Class Attribute	Mercantile Standard

	Details
	All ex merchant hulls, some variation in ship properties.

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down	5) 1: Last Disposed
	Great Britain		1942 Jun 01	1946 Jan 01

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	8 000ton ##	125.73m	17.3m	7.32m	107	1 070

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed	Machinery Type	Number Of Engines	Cylinders Per Engine
	1	3 500hp	12.5kt	Diesel	1	4

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Aircraft Model	4) 3:Image	5) 2:Turret Model	6) 5:Image
	Aircraft 4 X BR Fairey Swordfish	BR Fairey Swordfish
	Gun 1 X BR 4in 40cal QF Mark IV CPIII Single			BR 4in 40cal QF Mark IV CPIII Single
	Gun 2 X BR 40mm Single			BR 40mm Single
	Gun 4 X BR 20mm 70cal Mark I IA II Single			BR 20mm 70cal Mark I IA II Single

Ship Classes
	Number In Class	Built By Shipbuilder
	10	Burntisland Shipping Co Cammell Laird And Co Ltd Harland And Wolff Ltd Lithgow Swan Hunter William Denny And Bros Limited

Ship Classes
	Potentially Involved In Tension
	1889 1946 Great Britain Germany 1922 1944 Great Britain Italy 1935 1945 Great Britain Japan

Documents
1) Covered By Document	2) 1: as Document Reference	3) 2: Page Number	4) 3: as
Aircraft Carriers Of The World	[More]	118	N

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