LÉ Macha (01)

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Name:	LÉ Macha (01)
Namesake:	Macha, an ancient Irish goddess of war

LÉ Macha (01) was a ship in the Irish Naval Service. Built as a Flower class corvette of the Royal Navy named HMS Borage (K120), she was transferred on 15 Nov 1946 to the Irish Naval Service and renamed LÉ Macha (01) after Macha, an ancient Irish goddess of war.

In September 1948, she had the honour of carrying the remains of William Butler Yeats from France to Drumcliffe, County Sligo, for reburial.^[1] The vessel was sold for scrap on 22 Nov 1970.

[edit] References

^ 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.

v • d • e Fleet of the Irish Naval Service

Active fleet	LÉ Emer (P21) • LÉ Aoife (P22) • LÉ Aisling (P23) • LÉ Eithne (P31) • LÉ Orla (P41) • LÉ Ciara (P42) • LÉ Niamh (P52) • LÉ Róisín (P51)

Decommissioned	LÉ Muirchú • LÉ Deirdre (P20) • LÉ Grainne (CM10) • LÉ Banba (CM11) • LÉ Fola (CM12) • *LÉ Macha* (01)** • LÉ Maev (02) • LÉ Cliona (03)