Name Empire MacAlpine Honours andawards Atlantic (1943–45) Launched 23 December 1942 | Laid down 11 August 1942 Construction started 11 August 1942 | |
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Renamed Derrynan in 1951Huntsbrook in 1959Suva Breeze in 1960Djatingaleh in 1965San Ernesto in 1966Pacific Endeavour in 1968 Builders | ||
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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