MV Empire MacColl
MV Empire MacColl. | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name: | Empire MacColl |
Owner: | Ministry of War Transport |
Operator: | British Tanker Co. Ltd. |
Builder: | Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead |
Launched: | 24 July 1943 |
Renamed: | British Pilot in 1946 |
Fate: | Scrapped Faslane 1962 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 9,133 tons (gross) |
Length: | 463 ft (141 m) (pp) 481 ft 6 in (146.76 m) (oa) |
Beam: | 61 ft 9 in (18.82 m) |
Depth: | 27 ft 9 in (8.46 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 MacColl was an oil tanker converted to a merchant aircraft carrier (MAC) ship.
MV Empire MacColl was built by Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead under order from the Ministry of War Transport. She entered service as a MAC ship in November 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 eventually scrapped in Faslane in 1962.
References
- ↑ H.T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge. Warships of World War II. Ian Allan. p. 296. ISBN 0-7110-0403-X.
- ↑ "List and history of the Empire ships - M". Mariners. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
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