MV Empire MacKay

MV Empire MacKay was an oil tanker constructed with rudimentary aircraft handling facilities as a merchant aircraft carrier (MAC ship).

Fairey Swordfish landing on Empire MacKay in 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	Empire MacKay
Owner	Ministry of War Transport
Operator	British Tanker Co. Ltd.
Builder	Harland & Wolff, Govan
Yard number	1167[1]
Launched	17 June 1943
Completed	5 October 1943[1]
Renamed	British Swordfish in 1946
Fate	Scrapped Rotterdam 1959
General characteristics
Tonnage	8,908 GRT
Length	460 ft (140 m) (pp) 482 ft 9 in (147.14 m) (oa)
Beam	59 ft (18 m)
Depth	27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Propulsion	Diesel one shaft 3,300 bhp
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h)
Complement	110
Armament	1 × 4 in (100 mm) 8 × 20 mm
Aircraft carried	Four Fairey Swordfish

MV Empire MacKay was built by Harland & Wolff, Govan under order from the Ministry of War Transport. She entered service as a MAC ship in October 1943, however only her air crew and the necessary maintenance staff were naval personnel.^[2] She was operated by the British Tanker Company.^[3]

She returned to merchant service as an oil tanker in 1946 as British Swordfish and she was eventually scrapped in Rotterdam in 1959.^[3]