 MVEmpire MacAlpine in dry dock at MessrsCammell Lairds atBirkenhead. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Empire MacAlpine |
| Owner | Ministry of War Transport |
| Builder | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company,Fife,Scotland |
| Laid down | 11 August 1942 |
| Launched | 23 December 1942 |
| Renamed |
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| Honours and awards | Atlantic (1943–45) |
| Fate | Scrapped Hong Kong 1970 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 7,950 GRT |
| Length | 412 ft 6 in (125.73 m) (p.p.) 433 ft 9 in (132.21 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 56 ft 9 in (17.30 m) |
| Depth | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Installed power | 3,300 hp (2,500 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12.5 kn (23.2 km/h) |
| Complement | 107 |
| Armament | 1 ×4 in (100 mm)dual-purpose gun, 2 ×40 mmanti-aircraft guns, 4 ×20 mm anti-aircraft cannons |
| Aircraft carried | 4 |
MVEmpire MacAlpine was agrain ship converted to become the firstMerchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship).
TheBurntisland Shipbuilding Company,Fife,Scotland, built her under order from theMinistry of War Transport and was delivered on 14 April 1943.[1] As a MAC ship, only her air crew and the necessary maintenance staff were naval personnel.[2] She was operated by William Thomson & Co (theBen Line).[3]
After the war she was converted to a grain carrier. She was scrapped inHong Kong in 1970.[3]
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