MV ''Empire MacKay'' was an
oil tanker
An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products. There are two basic types of oil tankers: crude tankers and product tankers. Crude tankers move large quantities of unrefined cru ...
constructed with rudimentary aircraft handling facilities as a
merchant aircraft carrier (MAC ship).
MV ''Empire MacKay'' was built by
Harland and Wolff
Harland & Wolff is a British shipbuilding company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It specialises in ship repair, shipbuilding and offshore construction. Harland & Wolff is famous for having built the majority of the ocean liners for the W ...
,
Govan
Govan ( ; Cumbric?: ''Gwovan'?''; Scots: ''Gouan''; Scottish Gaelic: ''Baile a' Ghobhainn'') is a district, parish, and former burgh now part of south-west City of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated west of Glasgow city centre, on the south ba ...
under order from the
Ministry of War Transport
The Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) was a department of the British Government formed early in the Second World War to control transportation policy and resources. It was formed by merging the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of Transport ...
. She entered service as a MAC ship in October 1943, however only her air crew and the necessary maintenance staff were naval personnel.
She was operated by the British Tanker Company.
She returned to merchant service as an oil tanker in 1946 as ''British Swordfish'' and she was eventually scrapped in
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"Ne ...
in 1959.
References
External links
FAA Archive
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Oil tankers
Empire MacKay
Empire ships
1943 ships
Ships built in Govan
Ships built by Harland and Wolff