MV Empire MacAndrew
MV Empire MacAndrew was a grain ship converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier or MAC ship.
 MV Empire MacAndrew. | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | Empire MacAndrew |
| Owner: | Ministry of War Transport |
| Operator: | Hain SS Co, St.Ives |
| Builder: | William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Scotland |
| Launched: | 3 May 1943 |
| Renamed: |
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| Fate: | Scrapped China 1970 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 7,950 tons (gross) |
| Length: | 425 ft (130 m) (pp) 445 ft 9 in (135.86 m) (oa) |
| Beam: | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Depth: | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 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 MacKendrick was built at William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton 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 The Hain Steamship Company Ltd, St Ives, Cornwall.[2]
After the war, the ship was converted back to a grain carrier, and eventually scrapped in China in 1970.[2]
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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