MV Empire MacRae
MV Empire MacRae was a grain ship converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier or MAC ship during the {{Second World War]].
 The MV Empire MacRae. | |
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| Name: | Empire MacRae |
| Owner: | Ministry of War Transport |
| Operator: | Hain Steam Ship Co Ltd |
| Builder: | Lithgows, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Launched: | 21 June 1943 |
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| Fate: | Scrapped Taiwan 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8,250 tons (gross) |
| Length: | 425 ft (130 m) (pp) 444 ft 6 in (135.48 m) (oa) |
| Beam: | 57 ft 9 in (17.60 m) |
| Depth: | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
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| Speed: | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h) |
| Complement: | 107 |
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| Aircraft carried: | Four Fairey Swordfish |
She was built at Lithgows shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland, under order from the Ministry of War Transport. As a MAC ship, only her air crew and the necessary maintenance staff were naval personnel[1] and she was operated by Hain Steam Ship Co Ltd of St Ives.[2]
After the war, the ship was converted to a grain carrier and was eventually scrapped at Kaohsiung in 1971.[2]
See also
- List of aircraft carriers
- List of World War II ships
External links
References
- H.T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge. Warships of World War II. Ian Allan. p. 296. ISBN 0-7110-0403-X.
- "List and history of the Empire ships - M". Mariners. Retrieved 18 March 2007.
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