MV Empire MacKay

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MV Empire MacKay was an oil tanker constructed with rudimentary aircraft handling facilities as a merchant aircraft carrier (MAC ship).

MV Empire MacKay was built by Harland & Wolff, Govan under order from the Ministry of War Transport. She entered service as a MAC ship in October 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 as British Swordfish and she was eventually scrapped in Rotterdam in 1959.<ref name="mariners"/>

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