MV Empire MacRae

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The MV Empire MacRae.
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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameEmpire MacRae
Owner Ministry of War Transport
OperatorHain Steam Ship Co Ltd
Builder Lithgows, Glasgow, Scotland
Launched21 June 1943
Renamed
  • Alpha Zambesi in 1947
  • Tobon in 1954
  • Depina in 1967
FateScrapped Taiwan 1971
General characteristics
Tonnage8,250  GRT
Length425 ft (130 m) (pp) 444 ft 6 in (135.48 m) (oa)
Beam57 ft 9 in (17.60 m)
Depth24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Propulsion
  • Diesel
  • one shaft
  • 3,300 bhp
Speed12.5 knots (23.2 km/h)
Complement107
Armament
Aircraft carriedFour Fairey Swordfish

MV Empire MacRae was a grain ship converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier or MAC ship during the Second World War.

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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]

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References

  1. H.T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge (1973). Warships of World War II. Ian Allan. p. 296. ISBN   0-7110-0403-X.
  2. 1 2 "List and history of the Empire ships - M". Mariners. Retrieved 18 March 2007.