MV Empire MacCabe
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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English
Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsMV Empire MacCabe was a British oil tanker converted to a merchant aircraft carrier (or MAC ship), during World War II.
MV Empire MacCabe was built by Swan Hunter, Wallsend under order from the Ministry of War Transport. She entered service as a MAC ship in December 1943, however only her air crew and the necessary maintenance staff were naval personnel.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> She was operated by the British Tanker Company.<ref name="mariners">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
She returned to merchant service as an oil tanker in 1946 and was scrapped in Hong Kong in 1962.