MV ''Empire MacKendrick'' was a

Merchant Aircraft Carrier A merchant aircraft carrier (also known as a MAC ship, the Admiralty's official 'short name') was a limited-purpose aircraft carrier operated under British and Dutch civilian registry during World War II. MAC ships were adapted by adding a flig ...

or MAC ship converted to become a grain ship. The

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Ltd,

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, built her under order from the Ministry of War Transport and was delivered on 12 December 1943. As a MAC ship, only her air crew and the necessary maintenance staff were naval personnel. She was operated by William Thomson & Co (the

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). After the war the ship was converted to a grain carrier. In 1967, while under

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management, she was trapped in the

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by the

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. She was scrapped at Split in 1975.

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Empire MacKendrick MV ''Empire MacKendrick'' was a Merchant Aircraft Carrier or MAC ship converted to become a grain ship. The Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Ltd, Fife, Scotland, built her under order from the Ministry of War Transport and was delivered o ...

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