After the war the ship was converted to a grain carrier. In 1967, while under Bulgarian management, she was trapped in the Suez Canal by the Six-Day War. She was scrapped at Split in 1975.[3]
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empire, mackendrick, merchant, aircraft, carrier, ship, converted, become, grain, ship, historyunited, kingdomnameempire, mackendrickownerministry, transportbuilderburntisland, shipbuilding, company, fife, scotlandlaid, down24, april, 1943launched29, september. MV Empire MacKendrick was a Merchant Aircraft Carrier or MAC ship converted to become a grain ship HistoryUnited KingdomNameEmpire MacKendrickOwnerMinistry of War TransportBuilderBurntisland Shipbuilding Company Ltd Fife ScotlandLaid down24 April 1943Launched29 September 1943RenamedGranpond in 1946 Condor in 1949 Saltersgate in 1955 Vassil Levsky in 1957FateScrapped Split 1975General characteristicsTonnage7 950 GRTLength412 5 ft 125 7 m pp 433 75 ft 132 21 m oa Beam56 75 ft 17 30 m Depth24 ft 6 in 7 47 m PropulsionDiesel one shaft 3 300 bhpSpeed12 5 knots 23 2 km h Complement107Armament1 4 in 100 mm 2 40 mm 4 20 mmAircraft carriedFour Fairey SwordfishThe Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Ltd Fife Scotland built her under order from the Ministry of War Transport and was delivered on 12 December 1943 1 As a MAC ship only her air crew and the necessary maintenance staff were naval personnel 2 She was operated by William Thomson amp Co the Ben Line 3 After the war the ship was converted to a grain carrier In 1967 while under Bulgarian management she was trapped in the Suez Canal by the Six Day War She was scrapped at Split in 1975 3 See also EditList of aircraft carriersExternal links EditFAA archiveReferences Edit Burntisland Shipyard List of Ships Page 5 Burntisland net Retrieved 26 January 2009 Lenton H T Colledge J J 1973 Warships of World War II Ian Allan Publishing p 296 ISBN 0 7110 0403 X a b List and history of the Empire ships M Mariners Retrieved 18 March 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title MV Empire MacKendrick amp oldid 1152366262, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
