MV Rapana
Oil tanker converted to aircraft carrier during WW2 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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MV Rapana was a Dutch-built oil tanker converted to a Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship) during World War II. She was the first tanker to be converted to a MAC ship, and was the lead ship of her class of conversions. Rapana was launched as a tanker in April 1935, and served as a merchant vessel until July 1943, when she was converted into a MAC ship. After World War II, the ship was converted back into a tanker and returned to civilian service. In 1950 she was sold and renamed Rotula. She was scrapped in Osaka in January 1958.
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MV Rapana. | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
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Owner | Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell |
Operator | Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell |
Builder | Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam, Netherlands |
Launched | March 1935 |
Honours and awards | Atlantic 1944-1945 |
Fate | Scrapped at Osaka in 1958 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 8,000 GRT |
Length |
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Beam | 59 ft (18 m) |
Draught | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h) |
Complement | 118 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | Three Fairey Swordfish |
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