MV Empire MacKendrick
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Empire MacKendrick |
| Owner: | Ministry of War Transport |
| Builder: | Burntisland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Burntisland, 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 feet (125.7 m) (pp) 433.75 feet (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 x 4 inch 2 x 40 mm 4 x 20 mm |
| Aircraft carried: | Four Fairey Swordfish |
MV Empire Mackendrick was a grain ship converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier or MAC ship.
MV Empire MacKendrick was built at the Burntisland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Burntisland, Scotland, 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] and she was operated by William Thomson & Co.[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]
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References
- ↑ "Burntisland Shipyard - List of Ships Page 5". Burntisland.net. http://www.burntisland.net/ships5.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- ↑ H.T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge. Warships of World War II. Ian Allen. p. 296. ISBN 0-7110-0403-X.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "List and history of the Empire ships - M". Mariners. http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/EmpireM.html. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
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