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MV Empire MacAndrew
MV
Empire
MacAndrew
was a
grain ship
converted
to become a
Merchant Aircraft Carrier
or
MAC ship
.
MV
Empire
MacKendrick
was built at
William Denny and Brothers
Dumbarton
Scotland
under order from the
Ministry of War Transport
. As a MAC
ship
, only her
air crew
and the necessary
maintenance
staff
were naval personnel and she was
operated by
The Hain Steamship Company Ltd
,
St Ives, Cornwall
.
After the war
, the ship was converted back to a
grain
carrier
, and eventually scrapped in
China
in 1970.