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MV Amastra

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section1	{{Infobox ship/image
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	United Kingdom
flag
name	MV Amastra
operator	Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell
builder	Lithgows
launched	18 December 1934
commissioned	1935
renamed	Idas
fate	Scrapped La Spezia 1955
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
tonnage
length	465 ft (pp) 482.75 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
3,500bhp
8 × 20 mm

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

MV Amastra was built at Lithgows and completed in March, 1935 as an oil tanker for the Royal Dutch/Shell line. She was converted at Smiths Dock, North Shields to a MAC ship, entering service in September 1943.

As a MAC ship, she had no aircraft hangar, and continued to carry cargo, although operating under Royal Navy control. Only her air crew and the necessary maintenance staff were naval personnel.

At the end of the war, Amastra was reconverted to an oil tanker, and in 1951 was renamed Idas. She served in this capacity until broken up for scrap at La Spezia in June 1955.

References

"MV ''Amastra'' Aircraft Carrier Profile". Fleet Air Arm Archive.
H.T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge. (1973). "Warships of World War II". Ian Allan.

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