MV Empire MacDermott

MV Empire MacDermott

MV "Empire MacDermott" was a grain ship built as a Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship). She served with the Royal Navy as an escort carrier during the Second World War.

"Empire MacDermott" was built by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland, and was launched on 24 January 1944, and commissioned on 31 March 1944. She spent most of her time as a convoy escort in the Atlantic. After the end of the war she was disposed of to return to mercantile service. She was handed over to Buries Markes Ltd, London in 1947 and returned to merchant service the following year under the name "La Cumbre". She was sold on again in 1959, this time to Canero Cia Nav. S. A., Panama. They sailed her as "Parnon" under the Greek flag until 1969, when the sold her to Southern Shipping & Enterprises, Hong Kong. They renamed her "Starlight", and sailed her under the Somalian flag. She was then transferred to the China Ocean Shipping Co, Peking in 1975, and by 1991 she had been deleted from Lloyd's Register.

References

* [http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Ships/Empire_MacDermott.html Empire MacDermott at fleetairarmarchive.net]
* [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3303.html Empire MacDermott at Uboat.net]
* [http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/EmpireM.html List and history of the Empire ships]


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