| 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, Doxford type, 2SCSA, 4cyl (600 x 2000mm), 687mn, 3300bhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169174 |
| History: | |
| 27/11/1943 | Ministry of War Transport (British Tanker Co Ltd, managers), London |
| 1946 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London; renamed BRITISH ESCORT |
| 01/06/1956 | BP Tanker Co Ltd, London |
| 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 |
Above photo as EMPIRE MACCABE is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as BRITISH ESCORT is courtesy of John Crossland
Above photo as BRITISH ESCORT is copyright of the World Ship Society