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MV Alexia

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	Mv alexia.jpg
image_caption	MV Alexia.
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	United Kingdom
flag	[[File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg	60px]]
name	MV Alexia
operator	Royal Dutch/Shell
builder	Bremer Vulkan
launched	20 December 1934
renamed	Ianthina
fate	Scrapped Blyth 1954
honours	Atlantic
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
tonnage
length	463 ft (pp) 481 ft (oa)
beam	59 ft
draught	27 ft
propulsion	*Diesel
speed	13 kn
complement	100
armament	*1 × 4 in
aircraft	Four Fairey Swordfish

one shaft
4,000bhp
8 × 20 mm

'*MV Alexia''' was one of nine Royal Dutch/Shell oil tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship). The group is collectively known as the *Rapana'' class.

MV Alexia was built at Bremer Vulkan and completed in April, 1935 as an oil tanker for the Anglo-Dutch Royal Dutch/Shell line. She sustained severe damage in two separate U-boat attacks in 1940 and 1942.

After the second attack was converted to a MAC ship, entering service in December 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, Alexia was reconverted to an oil tanker, and renamed Ianthina in 1951. She served in this capacity until broken up for scrap at Blyth in 1954.

References

"Alexia {{!}} Helderline.com".
"Alexia (British Motor tanker) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net".
"MV Alexia Aircraft Carrier Profile". Fleet Air Arm Archive.
H.T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge. (1973). "Warships of World War II". Ian Allan.
"Ianthina {{!}} Helderline.com".

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