MV Empire MacCallum
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History
MV Empire MacCallum was built at Lithgows shipyard, 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,[1] She was operated by Hain Steam Ship Co Ltd of St Ives.[2] On 7 July 1944, a Fairey Swordfish aircraft mistakenly sank the Free French submarine Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.[3] Among the aircraft that served on Empire MacCallum was Fairey Swordfish Mk II LS326 where it became part of 'K' flight. The aircraft had previously been on Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".. In November 2010, it was airworthy with the Royal Navy Historic Flight.[4]
After the war, the ship was converted to a grain carrier, and eventually scrapped at Osaka in 1960.[2]
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