Empire MacAlpine (1943)

This is a spiral bound album with card covers. On the front cover are the following (in blue): the flag of the Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (top left); the title "Merchant Aircraft Carrier, ("MAC" Ship), "EMPIRE MACALPINE", Keel laid 11th August, 1942, Completed 14th April 1943" (centre); the words "The Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Burntisland, Scotland" (bottom right). The album contians 30 photographs with each photograph and caption forming a complete page.
The album includes the following:
On trials
Photographs of flight deck, bridge, hangar, radio room, accommodation, engine room etc.

Object Details

ID: ALB1391
Type: Photograph album
Display location: Not on display
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 241 mm x 203 mm