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2 unusual facts about Merchant aircraft carrier


Merchant aircraft carrier

Many of the ships were given names with the prefix "Mac-", in a reference to their designation as MACs; the "Empire" prefix was used on ships built by the Ministry of War Transport to distinguish them from pre-war privately owned ships.

Ships of the Royal Navy

A further revised fourth edition was published in 2010 to include requisitioned ships e.g. Armed merchant cruisers, Merchant aircraft carriers as well as small craft e.g. landing craft, Admiralty built trawlers.



see also

Gadila

MV Gadila, an Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell oil tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier

MacCabe

MV Empire MacCabe, an oil tanker converted to a merchant aircraft carrier.

MacKendrick

MV Empire MacKendrick, grain ship converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier or MAC ship