MV Rapana, one of nine Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch / Shell oil tankers converted to become a

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MV Rapana, one of nine Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch / Shell oil tankers converted to become a

MV Rapana, one of nine Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell oil tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship).
She was converted to a MAC ship by Smiths Dock, North Shields, completing in July 1943.
Picture shows: The ship after conversion in a shipyard on the Tyne.
2nd July 1945

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Reach plc
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North Shields
Tyne and Wear
England
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