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MV Empire MacKay

World War II merchant ship of the United Kingdom

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	Deck of MV Empire Mackay.jpg
image_caption	Fairey Swordfish landing on Empire MacKay in 1944
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	United Kingdom
flag	[[File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg	60px]]
name	Empire MacKay
owner	Ministry of War Transport
operator	British Tanker Co. Ltd.
builder	Harland & Wolff, Govan
yard_number	1167
launched	17 June 1943
completed	5 October 1943
renamed	British Swordfish in 1946
fate	Scrapped Rotterdam 1959
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
tonnage
length	460 ft (pp) 482 ft (oa)
beam	59 ft
depth	27 ft
propulsion	*Diesel
speed	11 kn
complement	110
armament	*1 × 4 in
aircraft	Four Fairey Swordfish

one shaft
3,300 bhp
8 × 20 mm

'*MV *Empire MacKay''''' was an oil tanker constructed with rudimentary aircraft handling facilities as a merchant aircraft carrier (MAC ship).

MV Empire MacKay was built by Harland & Wolff, Govan under order from the Ministry of War Transport. She entered service as a MAC ship in October 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 as British Swordfish and she was eventually scrapped in Rotterdam in 1959.

References

(2013). "The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff". The History Press.
H.T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge. (1973). "Warships of World War II". Ian Allan.
"List and history of the Empire ships – M". Mariners.

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