MV Empire MacRae
| History | |
|---|---|
 UK | |
| Name | Empire MacRae |
| Owner | Ministry of War Transport |
| Operator | Hain Steam Ship Co Ltd |
| Builder | Lithgows, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Launched | 21 June 1943 |
| Renamed | list error: <br /> list (help) Alpha Zambesi in 1947 Tobon in 1954 Depina in 1967 |
| 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) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) Diesel one shaft 3,300 bhp |
| Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h) |
| Complement | 107 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 1 x 4 inch 2 x 40 mm 4 x 20 mm |
| Aircraft carried | Four Fairey Swordfish |
MV Empire MacRae was a grain ship converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier or MAC ship.
MV Empire MacRae was built at Lithgows shipyard, 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 eventually scrapped at Kaohsiung in 1971.[2]
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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 2007-03-18.