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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Athene |
| Builder | Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Company, Greenock, Scotland |
| Yard number | 444 |
| Launched | 1 October 1940 |
| Out of service | Returned to Clan Line, 1946 |
| Fate | Scrapped from 19 July 1963 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 10,700 tons |
| Length | 487 ft 8 in (148.6 m) (o.a.) |
| Beam | 63 ft (19.2 m) |
| Draught | 28 ft 6 in (8.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × steam triple expansion engines; 2 × low pressure exhaust turbines; twin screw, 8,300 bhp |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
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| Aircraft carried | up to 40 carried, single catapult |
HMS Athene was a Royal Navy aircraft transport. She was a merchant conversion, requisitioned by the Navy during the Second World War and returned after its end. She is the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named after the Greek goddess Athene. She was broken up in 1963.