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MACOMA (1)

Submitted by Kees Helder on Sat, 02/17/2018 - 15:03
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Completed 1936 as "MACOMA" for La Corona. 1943-1946 served as MAC 7, conversion to Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MX) by Palmers Hebburn Dry Dock Hebburn. 4-12-1959 arrived Hong Kong for scrapping.

Also known as
MAC 7
IMO number
5608352
Call sign
PFRR
Construction number
235
Tonnage
12.263 ton
Beam
18m
Length overall
147m
Year of construction
1936
Year of renaming/broken up
1959
Service for Shell
1936 to 1959
Cargo
Crude and white oil products
Class
Triple Twelve 12.000 ton
Flag state
Netherlands
Home port
's-Gravenhage
Manager
LA CORONA / Petroleum Maatschappij La Corona
Shipyard
Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij Amsterdam Holland
Status
Sailing / Sailed for Shell Tankers Rotterdam / La Corona / C.S.M. / N.I.T.
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Submitted by Ray Hartman Kok on Fri, 06/07/2013 - 01:41

Sailors

Name Job Period Details
J. Chr. Van Der Bijl 1e werktuigkundige 1943 to 1944
Ph.groen able seaman 1944 to 1945
Jaap De Jongste pumpman 1945 to 1955
Dick Verploegh stuurmansleerling 1946 to 1948
Jaap Gielbert ketelbink, lichtmatroos (matroos onder de gage) 1949 to 1950
H.k. Paauw lichtmatroos (matroos onder de gage) 1949 to 1950
Wim Oudshoorn stokersjongen 1951 to 1953
Kees Storm 1e werktuigkundige 1952 Mijn vader A.Storm
Kees Storm 1e werktuigkundige 1952 Mijn vader A.Storm
Paul Nobel bediende 1955
Jacob Huisman apprentice engineer/5th engineer 1956 to 1957
Dirk Wildeboer 5th engineer 1957 to 1958
Arend Jansen radio officer 1957 to 1958
A.w. Ton Brakel 3rd engineer 1959
Rien De Niet 5th engineer 1959

Anecdotes

Date Visitor Anecdote
06/07/2013 - 01:41 Ray Hartman Kok

My father served aboard the Royal Dutch Shell tankers Macoma and Gadila with Netherlands Squadron 860. They ran anti-submarine, convoy air cover using Swordfish Mk2's between Maydown and Nova Scotia.
On the return trip the Swordfish were stored on the 420ft wooden flight deck whilst the rest of the deck was filled with American fighters and munitions and the hold was filled with fuel oil. The ships unloaded at Greenock and returned to Maydown.
The ships were given the title at the time of HNLMS in English, HrMs in Dutch. Although they where converted to the style known as MAC and sometime referred to as MV they did not fly a merchant flag but the Netherlands flag making them war ships.
My father said they where the first Dutch aircraft carriers but they never get a mention in the ships included in war time operations. The ships were under the control of the Dutch Fleet Air Arm not merchantmen.
The Dutch government never awarded any medal recognition to the crews during the Atlantic operations and due to them being Netherlands Naval Ships they did not fall under the Atlantic service recognition given by the Royal Navy.

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