Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Aircraft carrier

MV Empire MacAndrew

Empire (grain)-class merchant aircraft carrier

MV Empire MacAndrew
Beadell, S J (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 18027 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The British Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC) ship MV Empire MacAndrew , off Greenock, between 1943 and 1945.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as Empire MacAndrew? — 19702,193 days of the war
Empire (grain)-class merchant aircraft carrier Particulars
Name
MV Empire MacAndrew
Builder
William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Scotland
Launched
3 May 1943
Fate
Scrapped China 1970 (1970)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Length
129.54 m (425 ft) OA
Beam
17.07 m (56 ft)
Speed
12.5 knots (23.2 km/h, 14.4 mph)
Complement
107
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

MV Empire MacAndrew was a Empire (grain)-class merchant aircraft carrier, operated by the Royal Navy. She was built by William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Scotland. She was launched on 3 May 1943.

She measured 129.5 m (425 ft) long with a beam of 17.1 m (56 ft). Her designed speed was 12.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 107.

Her main battery was one 102 mm (4 in) guns.

She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in 1970.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • Diesel
  • one shaft
  • 3,300 bhp
Armament
  • 1 × 4 in
  • 2 × 40 mm
  • 4 × 20 mm
Aircraft
  • Four Fairey Swordfish

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from MV Empire MacAndrew on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Beadell, S J (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 18027 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons