MV Empire MacCallum
World War II merchant ship of the United Kingdom
MV Empire MacCallum was a grain ship converted to a merchant aircraft carrier or MAC ship.
History
MV Empire MacCallum was built at Lithgows shipyard, Glasgow, 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, She was operated by Hain Steam Ship Co Ltd of St Ives. On 7 July 1944, a Fairey Swordfish aircraft mistakenly sank the Free French submarine Perle in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland. Among the aircraft that served on Empire MacCallum was Fairey Swordfish Mk II LS326 where it became part of 'K' flight. The aircraft had previously been on Rapana. In November 2010, it was airworthy with the Royal Navy Historic Flight.
After the war, the ship was converted to a grain carrier, and eventually scrapped at Osaka in 1960.
See also
List of aircraft carriers
References
External links
"MV Empire MacCallum". Fleet Air Arm Archive.
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