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MV <i>Empire MacAlpine</i>

MV Empire MacAlpine

World War II merchant ship of the United Kingdom

MV Empire MacAlpine was a grain ship converted to become the first Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship).

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The Burntisland Shipbuilding Company, Fife, Scotland, built her under order from the Ministry of War Transport and was delivered on 14 April 1943.[1] As a MAC ship, only her air crew and the necessary maintenance staff were naval personnel.[2] She was operated by William Thomson & Co (the Ben Line).[3]

After the war she was converted to a grain carrier. She was scrapped in Hong Kong in 1970.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Burntisland Shipyard - List of Ships Page 5". Burntisland.net. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
  2. [2]
    Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J. (1973). Warships of World War II. Ian Allan Publishing. p. 296. ISBN 0-7110-0403-X.
  3. [3]
    "List and history of the Empire ships - M". Mariners. Retrieved 18 March 2007.
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