MV Empire MacKay

History

United Kingdom
Name:	Empire MacKay
Owner:	Ministry of War Transport
Operator:	British Tanker Co. Ltd.
Builder:	Harland and Wolff, Govan
Yard number:	1167^[1]
Launched:	17 June 1943
Completed:	5 October 1943^[1]
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 × 4 inch 8 × 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.^[2] She was operated by the British Tanker Company.^[3]

She returned to merchant service as an oil tanker in 1946 as British Swordfish and she was eventually scrapped in Rotterdam in 1959.^[3]

References

1 2 McCluskie, Tom (2013). The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff. Stroud: The History Press. p. 152. ISBN 9780752488615. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ H.T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge. Warships of World War II. Ian Allan. p. 296. ISBN 0-7110-0403-X.
1 2 "List and history of the Empire ships - M". Mariners. Retrieved 2007-03-18.

External links

FAA Archive

Empire ships beginning with Empire M

Aircraft carriers	Empire MacAlpine¹ Empire MacAndrew¹ Empire MacCabe² Empire MacCallum¹ Empire MacColl² Empire MacDermott¹ Empire MacKay² Empire MacKendrick¹ Empire MacKenzie³ Empire MacMahon² Empire MacRae¹ Empire MacSorley³

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Dredgers and Hopper ships	Empire Mammoth Empire Marshland Empire Moorland

Ocean Liners	Empire Medway⁹ Empire Might⁹

Tankers	Empire Maldon Empire Mars Empire Marston Empire Marvell Empire Metal I Empire Metal II Empire Mica Empire Milner Empire Mull⁴

Tugs	Empire Madge Empire Maisie¹⁰ Empire Maple¹¹ Empire Margaret¹⁰ Empire Martha Empire Mary Empire Mascot Empire Mead Empire Meadow Empire Minnow Empire Minotaur¹⁰ Empire Mustang¹⁰

A B Ca–Cl Co–Cy D E F G H I–J K L M N O P R Sa–Sh Si–Sy Ta–Te Th–Ty U–Z

1 MAC, converted grain ship 2 MAC, converted tanker 3 MAC, cancelled 4 Coaster 5 Heavy lift ship 6 Refrigerated cargo ship 7 Ore carrier 8 CAM ship 9 Cargo liner 10 Coastal tug 11 Estuary tug

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