The MV Empire MacRae. |
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| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Empire MacRae |
| Owner: | Ministry of War Transport |
| Operator: | Hain Steam Ship Co Ltd |
| Builder: | Lithgows, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Launched: | 21 June 1943 |
| Renamed: | Alpha Zambesi in 1947 Tobon in 1954 Depina in 1967 |
| Fate: | Scrapped Taiwan 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8,250 tons (gross) |
| Length: | 425 ft (130 m) (pp) 444 ft 6 in (135.48 m) (oa) |
| Beam: | 57 ft 9 in (17.60 m) |
| Depth: | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel one shaft 3,300 bhp |
| Speed: | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h) |
| Complement: | 107 |
| Armament: | 1 x 4 inch 2 x 40 mm 4 x 20 mm |
| Aircraft carried: | Four Fairey Swordfish |
MV Empire MacRae was a grain ship converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier or MAC ship.
MV Empire MacRae was built at Lithgows shipyard, Glasgow, 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 Hain Steam Ship Co Ltd of St Ives.[2]
After the war, the ship was converted to a grain carrier, and eventually scrapped at Kaohsiung in 1971.[2]
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