MV Empire MacRae
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Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsMV Empire MacRae was a grain ship converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier or MAC ship during the Second World War.
She was built at Lithgows shipyard in 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<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and she was operated by Hain Steam Ship Co Ltd of St Ives.<ref name="List and history of the Empire ships">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
After the war, the ship was converted to a grain carrier and was eventually scrapped at Kaohsiung in 1971.<ref name="List and history of the Empire ships"/>
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- FAA archive Empire MacRae - Template:Webarchive