MV Amastra [SEP] manufacturer
MV Amastra
MV "Amastra" was one of nine Anglo-Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell oil tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship). The group is collectively known as the "Rapana" class.
MV "Amastra" was built at Lithgows and completed in March, 1935 as an oil tanker for the Royal Dutch/Shell line. She was converted at Smiths Dock, North Shields to a MAC ship, entering service in September 1943.
As a MAC ship, she had no
single 20 mm Oerlikon cannons. These ships were called "Triple Twelves" because with a deadweight tonnage of 12,000 each consumed 12 tons of fuel per day at a speed of twelve knots.
- MV "Acavus"
- MV "Adula"
- MV "Alexia"
- MV "Amastra"
- MV "Ancylus": operated Swordfish II of ‘O’ Flight, 860 NAS
- MV "Gadila": operated under Dutch registry with Swordfish of 'S' Flight, 860 NAS