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Name: EMPIRE MACMAHON
Type: Tanker
Launched: 02/07/1943
Completed: 12/1943
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1677
Dimensions: 8856grt, 4788nrt, 465.3 x 59.3 x 33.8ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCSA, Werkspoor type, 8cyl (650 x 1400mm), 502nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.5knots
Reg Number: 169173
History:
30/11/1943 Ministry of War Transport (Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd), Newcastle
1946 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London; renamed NANINIA
1955 Shell Petroleum Co Ltd, London
10/05/1960 Broken up
Comments: Completed as a Merchant Aircraft Carrier & tanker
Armed with 1 x 4.0ins, 8 x 22mm guns & 4 x Fairey Swordfish aircraft
1946: Converted back to a pure tanker
10/05/1960: Arrived at Hong Kong for breaking up
Broken up by Hong Kong Chiap Hua Manufactory Co (1947) Ltd


Above photo as EMPIRE MACMAHON is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as EMPIRE MACMAHON is courtesy of Helderline

Above photo as NANINIA is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as NANINIA is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as NANINIA is copyright of David Finch