MV Empire MacKay
MV Empire MacKay was an oil tanker constructed with rudimentary aircraft handling facilities as a merchant aircraft carrier (MAC ship).
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | Empire MacKay |
| Owner: | Ministry of War Transport |
| Operator: | British Tanker Co. Ltd. |
| Builder: | Harland and Wolff, Govan |
| Yard number: | 1167[1] |
| Launched: | 17 June 1943 |
| Completed: | 5 October 1943[1] |
| Renamed: | British Swordfish in 1946 |
| Fate: | Scrapped Rotterdam 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8,908 tons (gross) |
| Length: | 460 ft (140 m) (pp) 482 ft 9 in (147.14 m) (oa) |
| Beam: | 59 ft (18 m) |
| Depth: | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Complement: | 110 |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | Four Fairey Swordfish |
MV Empire MacKay was built by Harland and Wolff, Govan under order from the Ministry of War Transport. She entered service as a MAC ship in October 1943, however only her air crew and the necessary maintenance staff were naval personnel.[2] She was operated by the British Tanker Company.[3]
She returned to merchant service as an oil tanker in 1946 as British Swordfish and she was eventually scrapped in Rotterdam in 1959.[3]
Fairey Swordfish landing on the Empire MacKay in 1944
References
- McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 152. ISBN 9780752488615.
- 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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