| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Empire MacCabe |
| Owner: | Ministry of War Transport |
| Operator: | British Tanker Co. Ltd. |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend |
| Launched: | 18 May 1943 |
| Renamed: | British Escort in 1946 Easthill Escort in 1959 |
| 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: | 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 |
| Honours and awards: | North Atlantic 1943-1945 |
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.
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