HMS Athene was an aircraft transport of the Royal Navy. She was a merchant conversion, requisitioned by the Navy during the Second World War and returned after its end. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named after the Greek goddess Athene.

She was originally built as the Cameron class steamer Clan Brodie, for the Clan Line at the yards of the Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Company (Greenock, Scotland). She was requisitioned by the Navy and was launched on 1 October 1940 as the aircraft transport HMS Athene.

Athene operated as a Seaplane Carrier in the South Atlantic over 1942/43. She was fitted with a single catapult.

She survived the war and was sold back to the Clan Line in 1946. They reconverted her for merchant service and used her until 1963, when they sold her for scrapping.

She arrived in Hong Kong for breaking up on 19 July 1963.

Vessel

Built

Service

Armaments

Tonnage

HMS Athene

1940

1940 Requisitioned and launched as Aircraft Transport

1946 Returned to Clan Line renamed Clan Brodie

2 x 4” Guns

2 x Bofors 40mm Guns

12 x Oerlikon Cannon

7473

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

169474

Greenock Dockyard

Greenock

John Kincaid

Greenock

2 x Triple Expansion Steam

1370 NHP

2

Career Summary

HMS Athene

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