MV Empire MacAlpine

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

Entered service as MAC ship April 1943, owned by the Ministry of War Transport and operated by William Thomson & Co.[1]

Displacement 7,950 tons. Converted by Burntisland Shipbuilding Company.

The first MAC ship.

After the war, the ship was converted to a grain carrier, and scrapped at Hong Kong in 1970.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Empire - M. Mariners. Retrieved on 2007-03-18.
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