MV Empire MacRae
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![]() 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 |
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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) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h) |
Complement | 107 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | Four Fairey Swordfish |
MV Empire MacRae was a grain ship converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier or MAC ship during the {{Second World War]].
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
External links
References
- ^ H.T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge. Warships of World War II. Ian Allan. p. 296. ISBN 0-7110-0403-X.
- ^ a b "List and history of the Empire ships - M". Mariners. Retrieved 18 March 2007.