Product Description
- Amastra is one of nine Royal Dutch Shell oil tankers converted into merchant aircraft carriers (MAC ships).
- This group is collectively known as the Rapana class.
- Amastra was built at Lithgow and completed in March 1935 as an oil tanker for the Royal Dutch Shell company.
- Converted into a MAC ship at Smiths Dock, North Shields and entered service in September 1943.
- As a MAC ship, it had no aircraft hangars and continued to carry cargo, although it operated under the control of the Royal Navy.
- Only the aircrew and essential maintenance personnel were Navy personnel.
- At the end of the war, Amastra was reconverted into an oil tanker and renamed Idas in 1951.
- She served in this role until June 1955, when she was scrapped at La Spezia.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )
Product Specifications
- Item code
- PJ70048
- JAN code
- 4544032909833
Purchase Information
This item is limited to 3 per household.