Name Empire MacCabe Builder Swan Hunter | Launched 18 May 1943 | |
Owner Ministry of War Transport Operator British Tanker Co. Ltd. Renamed British Escort in 1946
Easthill Escort in 1959 Honours and
awards North Atlantic 1943-1945 Fate Scrapped Hong Kong 1962 | ||
MV Empire MacCabe was an oil tanker converted to a merchant aircraft carrier or MAC ship.
MV Empire MacCabe was built by Swan Hunter, Wallsend under order from the Ministry of War Transport. She entered service as a MAC ship in December 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 and was scrapped in Hong Kong in 1962.
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