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

MV Empire MacCallum

Empire (grain)-class merchant aircraft carrier

Length
129.54 m (425 ft)
Beam
17.37 m (57 ft)
Speed
12.5 knots (23.2 km/h, 14.4 mph)
Complement
107
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

Service

  1. Royal Navy as Empire MacCallum? — 19602,193 days of the war
Empire (grain)-class merchant aircraft carrier Particulars
Name
MV Empire MacCallum
Builder
Lithgows, Glasgow, Scotland
Launched
12 October 1943
Fate
Scrapped Osaka 1960 (1960)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Length
129.54 m (425 ft) OA
Beam
17.37 m (57 ft)
Speed
12.5 knots (23.2 km/h, 14.4 mph)
Complement
107
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

MV Empire MacCallum was a Empire (grain)-class merchant aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. She was built by Lithgows, Glasgow, Scotland. She was launched on 12 October 1943.

She measured 129.5 m (425 ft) long with a beam of 17.4 m (57 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 1960.

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

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