MV Rapana
MV Rapana 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. Rapana was launched in March 1935 at Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam, Netherlands as an oil tanker and completed in April 1935. She was converted to a MAC ship by Smiths Dock, North Shields, completing in July 1943. After the war, MV Rapana was reconverted and returned to merchant service as an oil tanker and served in that role until scrapped in Osaka in 1958. She was renamed Rotula in 1950.
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MV Rapana
MV Rapana 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. Rapana was launched in March 1935 at Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam, Netherlands as an oil tanker and completed in April 1935. She was converted to a MAC ship by Smiths Dock, North Shields, completing in July 1943. After the war, MV Rapana was reconverted and returned to merchant service as an oil tanker and served in that role until scrapped in Osaka in 1958. She was renamed Rotula in 1950.
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MV Rapana was one of nine Angl ...... he was renamed Rotula in 1950.
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1,79832e+1
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Scrapped at Osaka in 1958
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698.750.384
Ship aircraft
Four Fairey Swordfish
Ship armament
*1 × 4 inch
*8 × 20 mm
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United Kingdom
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Ship honours
Atlantic 1944-1945
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Ship propulsion
*Diesel
*one shaft
*4,000 bhp
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MV Rapana was one of nine Angl ...... he was renamed Rotula in 1950.
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MV Rapana
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*Rapana (1935-50)
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*Rotula (1950-58)
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