| Name: | EMPIRE MACCABE |
| Type | Tanker |
| Launched: | 18/05/1943 |
| Completed: | 11/1943 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1726 |
| Dimensions: | 12450dwt, 8477grt, 4949nrt, 469.8 x 61.9 x 33.9ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 4cyl (23.6 x 91.3ins), 687mn, 3300bhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169174 |
| History: | |
| 11/1943 | Ministry of War Transport (British Tanker Co Ltd, managers), London |
| 1946 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London; renamed BRITISH ESCORT |
| 01/06/1956 | Owner restyled BP Tanker Co Ltd |
| 1959 | Easthill Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed EASTHILL ESCORT |
| 1960 | River Line Ltd, Bermuda (Mollers Ltd, Hong Kong, managers) |
| 13/03/1962 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1942: Laid down as BRITISH VIRTUE |
| 11/1943: Completed as a merchant aircraft carrier or MAC ship | |
| Armed with 1 x 4ins gun & 4 x Fairey Swordfish aircraft | |
| Served as an Atlantic convoy escort | |
| 1946: Converted back to a tanker | |
| 13/03/1962: Broken up by Hong Kong Chiap Hua Manufactory Co at Hong Kong |
Photo courtesy of Kevin Blair
Photo courtesy of John Crossland
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