HMS Empire Battleaxe
steamship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- HMS Empire Battleaxe
- IMO number
- 5103601
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- steamship
- Gross tonnage
- —
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 127.4 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1943
- Builder
- Consolidated Steel Corporation
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- Royal Navy
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About HMS Empire Battleaxe
Empire Battleaxe was a British ship of the Second World War and as HMS Donovan in service with the Royal Navy just after the Second World War. Built as a Type C1-S-AY1 Landing Ship, Infantry named Cape Berkeley she then saw merchant service as Empire Battleaxe before being commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Empire Battleaxe and then Donovan. After she was decommissioned she returned to merchant service as Empire Battleaxe and was returned to the USA where she was renamed Cape Berkeley once again. A proposed sale in 1948 to China and renaming to Hai C fell through and she was scrapped in 1966.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is HMS Empire Battleaxe now?
- HMS Empire Battleaxe has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is HMS Empire Battleaxe?
- HMS Empire Battleaxe is a steamship, built in 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corporation. The vessel is 127.4 m long.
- Who owns HMS Empire Battleaxe?
- HMS Empire Battleaxe is operated by Royal Navy. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has HMS Empire Battleaxe been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for HMS Empire Battleaxe appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).