- HMS Borage
- LÉ Macha
- References
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header =title | Ship country = Ireland | Ireland|naval}} | Ship name = LÉ Macha | Ship namesake = Macha, an ancient Irish goddess of war | Ship acquired = 15 November 1946 | Ship commissioned = | Ship recommissioned = | Ship decommissioned = 2 November 1970 | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = | Ship refit = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = | Ship identification = Pennant number: 01 | Ship motto = | Ship nickname = | Ship honours = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = | Ship status = | Ship notes = | Ship badge =
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Flower|corvette}} | Ship displacement = 1020 tons standard (1280 full load) | 205|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 33|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = | 14|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship power = Single reciprocating vertical 4-cylinder triple expansion by John Kincaid, Greenock. | 2759|ihp|abbr=on}} 2 cylindrical Scotch single-ended boilers. Single shaft | 16|kn}} max | Ship range = | Ship endurance = | Ship boats = | Ship capacity = | Ship troops = | Ship complement = 5 officers, 74 ratings | Ship time to activate = | Ship sensors =*ASDIC- Radio
- Radar
- Gyrocompass
- Echo sounder
- Decca Navigator System
| Ship EW = Degaussing | Ship armament =*1 × BL 4 inch Mk IX naval gun replaced in 1960 by a QF 4 inch Mk XIX naval gun- 1 × QF 2 pounder naval gun
- 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
- 1 × hedgehog mortar
- 4 × depth-charge throwers
- 2 × depth-charge racks
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}} | LÉ Macha was a ship in the Irish Naval Service. Built as a {{sclass2-|Flower|corvette}} of the Royal Navy named {{HMS|Borage|K120|6}}, she was transferred on 15 November 1946 to the Irish Naval Service and renamed LÉ Macha after Macha, an ancient Irish goddess of war. HMS BorageShe served as escort for the Arctic convoys from 1942-1945 before being sold to Ireland. LÉ MachaIn September 1948, she had the honour of carrying the remains of William Butler Yeats from France to Drumcliffe, County Sligo, for reburial.[1] The voyage took 17 days. LÉ Macha stopped en route at Gibraltar and in France. The remains were received at Rocquebrune near Nice by Sean Murphy, the Irish Ambassador to France. There was a funeral march from Nice to the ship with band, trumpeters and military honours from a company of French alpine troops. It was the first time that France rendered military honours to a civilian.[2] The ship returned to Galway, whence the remains were carried by hearse to their final resting place in County Sligo.[3] LÉ Macha was sold for scrap on 22 November 1970. References1. ^Foster, R. F. (2003). W. B. Yeats: A Life, Vol. II: The Arch-Poet 1915–1939, p. 656. New York: Oxford UP. {{ISBN|0-19-818465-4}}.
2. ^{{cite book|last=MacGinty|first=Tom|title=The Irish Navy|page=155|publisher=The Kerryman|location=Tralee|year=1995|isbn=0-946277-22-2}}
3. ^"WB Yeats laid to rest in Drumcliffe", The Irish Times, 18 Sept. 2009, republishing article from 18 September 1948.
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