MV Empire MacMahon

MV Empire MacMahon: 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 bhp

Speed: 11 knots (20 km/h)

Complement: 110

Armament: 1 x 4 inch
8 x 20 mm

Aircraft 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.

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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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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 bhp
Speed:	11 knots (20 km/h)
Complement:	110
Armament:	1 x 4 inch 8 x 20 mm
Aircraft carried:	Four Fairey Swordfish

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