MV Empire MacAndrew
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Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsMV 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<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and she was operated by The Hain Steamship Company Ltd, St Ives, Cornwall.<ref name="List and history of the Empire ships">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
After the war, the ship was converted back to a grain carrier, and eventually scrapped in China in 1970.<ref name="List and history of the Empire ships"/>