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MV ''Ancylus'' was one of nine Anglo Saxon
MV ''Ancylus'' was one of nine Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell
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oil tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship). The group is collectively known as the ''Rapana'' class.
MV ''Ancylus'' was built at Swan Hunter
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and completed in January, 1935 as an oil tanker for the Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell
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line. She was converted to a MAC ship, entering service in October, 1943.
As a MAC ship, she had no aircraft hangar, and continued to carry normal cargoes, although operating under Royal Navy control. Only her air crew and the necessary maintenance staff were naval personnel.
At the end of the war, ''Ancylus'' was reconverted to an oil tanker, being renamed ''Imbricaria'' in 1952. She served in this capacity until broken up for scrap at La Spezia in December 1954.
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