MV Empire MacAlpine
{{short description|World War II merchant ship of the United Kingdom}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:Mv empire macalpine 2.jpg |Ship caption=MV Empire MacAlpine in dry dock at Messrs Cammell Lairds at Birkenhead. }} {{Infobox ship career |Ship country=United Kingdom |Ship flag=60px |Ship name=Empire MacAlpine |Ship owner=Ministry of War Transport |Ship operator= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Burntisland Shipbuilding Company, Fife, Scotland |Ship laid down=11 August 1942 |Ship launched=23 December 1942 |Ship commissioned= |Ship renamed=*Derrynan in 1951
|Ship fate=Scrapped Hong Kong 1970 |Ship homeport= |Ship honours=Atlantic (1943–45) }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Ship tonnage={{GRT|7950}} |Ship displacement= |Ship length={{convert|412|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} (p.p.) {{convert|433|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} (o/a) |Ship beam={{convert|56|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship depth={{convert|24|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship power={{convert|3300|hp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=*Diesel engine(s)
|Ship speed={{convert|12.5|kn|km/h|lk=in|abbr=on}} |Ship range= |Ship capacity= |Ship complement=107 |Ship armament=1 × QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII dual-purpose gun, 2 × 40 mm anti-aircraft guns, 4 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons |Ship aircraft=4 |Ship notes= }} |
MV Empire MacAlpine was a grain ship converted to become the first Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship).
The Burntisland Shipbuilding Company, Fife, Scotland, built her under order from the Ministry of War Transport and was delivered on 14 April 1943.{{cite web |url= http://www.burntisland.net/ships5.htm |access-date=26 January 2009 |title=Burntisland Shipyard - List of Ships Page 5 |work=Burntisland.net}} As a MAC ship, only her air crew and the necessary maintenance staff were naval personnel.{{cite book |last1=Lenton |first1=H.T. |last2=Colledge |first2=J.J. |title=Warships of World War II |year=1973 |publisher=Ian Allan Publishing |isbn=0-7110-0403-X |page=296}} She was operated by William Thomson & Co (the Ben Line).{{cite web |url= http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/EmpireM.html |access-date=18 March 2007 |title=List and history of the Empire ships - M |work=Mariners}}
After the war she was converted to a grain carrier. She was scrapped in Hong Kong in 1970.
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Category:World War II aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom
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