MV Empire MacKendrick was a Merchant Aircraft Carrier or MAC ship converted to become a grain ship.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Empire MacKendrick |
| Owner | Ministry of War Transport |
| Builder | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Ltd, Fife, Scotland |
| Laid down | 24 April 1943 |
| Launched | 29 September 1943 |
| Renamed |
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| Fate | Scrapped Split 1975 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 7,950 GRT |
| Length | 412.5 ft (125.7 m) (pp) 433.75 ft (132.21 m) (oa) |
| Beam | 56.75 ft (17.30 m) |
| Depth | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h) |
| Complement | 107 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | Four Fairey Swordfish |
The Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Ltd, Fife, Scotland, built her under order from the Ministry of War Transport and was delivered on 12 December 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 the ship was converted to a grain carrier. In 1967, while under Bulgarian management, she was trapped in the Suez Canal by the Six-Day War. She was scrapped at Split in 1975.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Burntisland Shipyard - List of Ships Page 5". Burntisland.net. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
- ^ Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J. (1973). Warships of World War II. Ian Allan Publishing. p. 296. ISBN 0-7110-0403-X.
- ^ a b "List and history of the Empire ships - M". Mariners. Retrieved 18 March 2007.