- MV Empire MacMahon
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Career (UK) Name: Empire MacMahon Owner: Ministry of War Transport Operator: Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Builder: Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend Launched: 2 July 1943 Renamed: Naninia in 1946 Fate: Scrapped Hong Kong 1960 General characteristics Displacement: 8,908 tons (gross) Length: 463 ft (141 m) (pp) 485 ft 9 in (148.06 m) (oa) Beam: 61 ft 9 in (18.82 m) Depth: 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) Propulsion: Diesel
one shaft
3,300 bhpSpeed: 11 knots (20 km/h) Complement: 110 Armament: 1 x 4 inch
8 x 20 mmAircraft carried: Four Fairey Swordfish MV Empire MacMahon was an oil tanker converted to a merchant aircraft carrier or MAC ship.
MV Empire MacMahon was built by Swan Hunter, Wallsend under order from the Ministry of War Transport. She entered service as a MAC ship in December 1943, however only her air crew and the necessary maintenance staff were naval personnel.[1] She was operated by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.[2]
She returned to merchant service as an oil tanker in 1946 and renamed Naninia and was eventually scrapped in Hong Kong in 1960.
External links
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. http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/EmpireM.html. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
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Dredgers and
Hopper shipsOcean 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
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 tugCategories:- Oil tankers
- Merchant aircraft carriers
- Empire ships
- 1943 ships
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