MV Empire MacCabe
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name: | Empire MacCabe |
Owner: | Ministry of War Transport |
Operator: | British Tanker Co. Ltd. |
Builder: | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend |
Launched: | 18 May 1943 |
Renamed: |
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Honours and awards: | North Atlantic 1943-1945 |
Fate: | Scrapped Hong Kong 1962 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 8,908 tons (gross) |
Length: | 463 ft (141 m) (pp) 485 ft 9 in (148.06 m) (oa) |
Beam: | 61 ft 9 in (18.82 m) |
Depth: | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
Propulsion: |
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Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
Complement: | 110 |
Armament: |
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Aircraft carried: | Four Fairey Swordfish |
MV Empire MacCabe was an oil tanker converted to a merchant aircraft carrier or MAC ship.
MV Empire MacCabe was built by Swan Hunter, Wallsend under order from the Ministry of War Transport. She entered service as a MAC ship in December 1943, however only her air crew and the necessary maintenance staff were naval personnel.[1] She was operated by the British Tanker Company.[2]
She returned to merchant service as an oil tanker in 1946 and was scrapped in Hong Kong in 1962.
References
- ↑ H.T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge. Warships of World War II. Ian Allan. p. 296. ISBN 0-7110-0403-X.
- ↑ "List and history of the Empire ships - M". Mariners. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
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