MV_Empire_MacAndrew

MV <i>Empire MacAndrew</i>

MV Empire MacAndrew

World War II merchant ship of the United Kingdom

MV Empire MacAndrew was a grain ship converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier or MAC ship.

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MV Empire MacKendrick was built at William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton 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 The Hain Steamship Company Ltd, St Ives, Cornwall.[2]

After the war, the ship was converted back to a grain carrier, and eventually scrapped in China in 1970.[2]

References

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