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MV Alexia .
History United Kingdom Name MV Alexia Operator Royal Dutch/Shell Builder Bremer Vulkan Launched 20 December 1934 Renamed Ianthina Honours and Atlantic Fate Scrapped Blyth 1954 General characteristics Tonnage 8,016 GRT Length 463 ft (141 m ) (pp ) 481 ft (147 m ) (oa ) Beam 59 ft (18 m ) Draught 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m ) Propulsion
Diesel
one shaft
4,000bhp
Speed 13 knots (24 km/h)Complement 100 Armament
Aircraft carried Four Fairey Swordfish
MV Alexia Royal Dutch/Shell oil tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship). The group is collectively known as the Rapana class.
MV Alexia was built at Bremer Vulkan and completed in April, 1935 as an oil tanker for the Anglo-Dutch Royal Dutch/Shell line.[1] [2]
After the second attack was converted to a MAC ship, entering service in December 1943.[3]
As a MAC ship, she had no aircraft hangar, and continued to carry normal cargoes, although operating under Royal Navy control. Only her air crew and the necessary maintenance staff were naval personnel.[4]
At the end of the war, Alexia was reconverted to an oil tanker, and renamed Ianthina in 1951.[5]
References [ edit ]
^ "Alexia (British Motor tanker) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net" . uboat.net . Retrieved 16 January 2019 .
^ "MV Alexia Aircraft Carrier Profile" . Fleet Air Arm Archive . Archived from the original on 6 July 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2009 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link )
^ H.T. Lenton & J. J. Colledge (1973). Warships of World War II . Ian Allan. p. 296. ISBN 0-7110-0403-X
^ "Ianthina | Helderline.com" . www.helderline.com . Retrieved 16 January 2019 .
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