Name Empire MacAlpine Honours and
awards Atlantic (1943–45) Launched 23 December 1942 | Laid down 11 August 1942 Construction started 11 August 1942 | |
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Owner Ministry of War Transport Renamed Derrynan in 1951
Huntsbrook in 1959
Suva Breeze in 1960
Djatingaleh in 1965
San Ernesto in 1966
Pacific Endeavour in 1968 Fate Scrapped Hong Kong 1970 Builders Burntisland Shipbuilding Company, Fife | ||
MV Empire MacAlpine was a grain ship converted to become the first Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship).
The Burntisland Shipbuilding Company, Fife, Scotland, built her under order from the Ministry of War Transport and was delivered on 14 April 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 Ben Line).
After the war she was converted to a grain carrier. She was scrapped in Hong Kong in 1970.
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