| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Empire MacKay |
| Owner: | Ministry of War Transport |
| Operator: | British Tanker Co. Ltd. |
| Builder: | Harland and Wolff, Govan |
| Launched: | 17 June 1943 |
| Renamed: | British Swordfish in 1946 |
| Fate: | Scrapped Rotterdam 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8,908 tons (gross) |
| Length: | 460 ft (140 m) (pp) 482 ft 9 in (147.14 m) (oa) |
| Beam: | 59 ft (18 m) |
| Depth: | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel one shaft 3,300 bhp |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Complement: | 110 |
| Armament: | 1 x 4 inch 8 x 20 mm |
| Aircraft carried: | Four Fairey Swordfish |
MV Empire MacKay was an oil tanker constructed with rudimentary aircraft handling facilities as a merchant aircraft carrier (MAC ship).
MV Empire MacKay was built by Harland and Wolff, Govan under order from the Ministry of War Transport. She entered service as a MAC ship in October 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 as British Swordfish and she was eventually scrapped in Rotterdam in 1959.[2]
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