MV Empire MacKendrick

History

United Kingdom
Name:	Empire MacKendrick
Owner:	Ministry of War Transport
Builder:	Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Ltd, Fife, Scotland
Laid down:	24 April 1943
Launched:	29 September 1943
Renamed:	Granpond in 1946 Condor in 1949 Saltersgate in 1955 Vassil Levsky in 1957
Fate:	Scrapped Split 1975
General characteristics
Displacement:	7,950 tons (gross)
Length:	412.5 ft (125.7 m) (pp) 433.75 ft (132.21 m) (oa)
Beam:	56.75 ft (17.30 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 × 4 inch 2 × 40 mm 4 × 20 mm
Aircraft carried:	Four Fairey Swordfish

MV Empire MacKendrick was a grain ship converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier or MAC ship.

The Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Ltd, Fife, Scotland, built her under order from the Ministry of War Transport and was delivered on 12 December 1943.^[1] As a MAC ship, only her air crew and the necessary maintenance staff were naval personnel.^[2] She was operated by William Thomson & Co (the Ben Line).^[3]

After the war the ship was converted to a grain carrier. In 1967 she was trapped in the Suez Canal by the Six-Day War. She was scrapped at Split in 1975.^[3]

External links

FAA archive

References

↑ "Burntisland Shipyard - List of Ships Page 5". Burntisland.net. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
↑ Lenton, H.T.; Colledge, J.J. Warships of World War II. Ian Allan Publishing. p. 296. ISBN 0-7110-0403-X.
1 2 "List and history of the Empire ships - M". Mariners. Retrieved 18 March 2007.

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

Cargo ships	Empire Mace Empire Magpie Empire Mahseer Empire Maiden Empire Malacca Empire Mallard Empire Mallore Empire Malta Empire Mandalay Empire Mandarin Empire Manor Empire March Empire Mariner Empire Marriott Empire Marksman⁴ Empire Marlowe Empire Marshal⁵ Empire Martaban Empire Masefield Empire Mauritius Empire Mavis Empire Maya⁴ Empire Maybury⁴ Empire Maydream⁴ Empire Mayland⁴ Empire Maymead⁴ Empire Maymorn⁴ Empire Maymount⁴ Empire Mayport⁴ Empire Mayring⁴ Empire Mayrose⁴ Empire Mayrover⁴ Empire Maysong⁴ Empire Maytime⁴ Empire Maytree⁴ Empire Melody Empire Mercia Empire Merchant⁶ Empire Merganser⁶ Empire Merlin Empire Mermaid Empire Mersey Empire Meteor Empire Might Empire Miniver Empire Miranda Empire Mist Empire Moat⁷ Empire Mole Empire Mombasa Empire Moon⁸ Empire Moonbeam Empire Moonrise Empire Moorhen Empire Moose Empire Mordred Empire Morley Empire Morn⁸ Empire Mortimer Empire Mouflon Empire Moulmein Empire Mountain Empire Mowddach

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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MV Empire MacKendrick

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