 Fairey Swordfish landing on Empire MacKay in 1944
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Empire MacKay |
| Owner | Ministry of War Transport |
| Operator | British Tanker Co. Ltd. |
| Builder | Harland and Wolff, Govan |
| Yard number | 1167 |
| Launched | 17 June 1943 |
| Completed | 5 October 1943 |
| Renamed | British Swordfish in 1946 |
| Fate | Scrapped Rotterdam 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 8,908 GRT |
| 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 |
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| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Complement | 110 |
| Armament |
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| 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. She was operated by the British Tanker Company.
She returned to merchant service as an oil tanker in 1946 as British Swordfish and she was eventually scrapped in Rotterdam in 1959.
References
- ^ McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 152. ISBN 9780752488615.
- H.T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge (1973). Warships of World War II. Ian Allan. p. 296. ISBN 0-7110-0403-X.
- ^ "List and history of the Empire ships - M". Mariners. Retrieved 18 March 2007.
External links
| Empire ships | |
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| By suffix, Empire x | |
| See also: Fort ship, Liberty ship, Park ship, Ocean ship, Victory ship. |