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{{short description|World War II merchant ship of the United Kingdom}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2017}}
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|Ship image=[[File:Mv empire macrae.jpg|300px|MV Empire MacRae.]]
|Ship caption=The MV ''Empire MacRae''.
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{{Infobox ship career
|Ship country=United Kingdom
|Ship flag=[[File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|60px]]
|Ship name=''Empire MacRae''
|Ship owner=[[Ministry of War Transport]]
|Ship operator=Hain Steam Ship Co Ltd
|Ship ordered=
|Ship builder=[[Lithgows]], [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]]
|Ship laid down=
|Ship launched=21 June 1943
|Ship commissioned=
|Ship renamed=*''Alpha Zambesi'' in 1947
* ''Tobon'' in 1954
* ''Depina'' in 1967
|Ship fate=Scrapped Taiwan 1971
|Ship homeport=
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Ship tonnage={{GRT|8250}}
|Ship displacement=
|Ship length={{convert|425|ft|m|abbr=on}} (pp) {{convert|444|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} (oa)
|Ship beam={{convert|57|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship depth={{convert|24|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*Diesel
* one shaft
* 3,300 bhp
|Ship speed={{convert|12.5|kn|km/h|lk=in}}
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|Ship complement=107
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|Ship armament=*1 × [[QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII|{{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on}}]]
* 2 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40 mm]]
* 4 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm]]
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|Ship aircraft=Four [[Fairey Swordfish]]
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'''MV ''Empire MacRae''''' was a [[bulk carrier|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<ref>{{cite book | title = Warships of World War II | author = H.T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge | year = 1973 | isbn = 0-7110-0403-X | publisher= Ian Allan | page = 296}}</ref> and she was operated by Hain Steam Ship Co Ltd of St Ives.<ref name="List and history of the Empire ships">{{cite web | url = http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/EmpireM.html | accessdate=18 March 2007 | title= List and history of the Empire ships - M | work= Mariners }}</ref>

After the war, the ship was converted to a grain carrier and was eventually scrapped at [[Kaohsiung]] in 1971.<ref name="List and history of the Empire ships"/>

== See also ==
* [[List of aircraft carriers]]
* [[List of ships of World War II]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* FAA archive Empire MacRae - {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706053459/http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Ships/EMPIRE_MACRAE.html |date=6 July 2009 }}

{{Lithgows ships}}
{{Empire ships}}

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[[Category:World War II aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Bulk carriers]]
[[Category:Grain ships]]
[[Category:Empire (grain)-class merchant aircraft carriers|Empire MacRae]]
[[Category:Empire ships]]
[[Category:1943 ships]]