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SS Michael E

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|Ship name= ''Michael E'' |Ship owner= Bury Hill Shipping Co Ltd |Ship operator= Counties Ship Management Co Ltd, London

|Ship ordered= |Ship builder= William Hamilton & Co, Port Glasgow |Ship yard number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= |Ship completed= May 1941 |Ship acquired= |Ship in service= |Ship registry= London |Ship identification=*UK official number 168165 *Call sign BCKB * |Ship out of service= |Ship fate=Torpedoed and sunk, 2 June 1941 |Ship notes= }}

*tonnage under deck 7,217 * |Ship displacement= |Ship length=* p/p * o/a |Ship beam= |Ship height= |Ship depth= |Ship draught= |Ship power= 443 NHP |Ship propulsion= triple-expansion steam engine; screw |Ship speed= |Ship capacity= |Ship crew= 46 Merchant Navy personnel, 12 RAF personnel, four DEMS gunners |Ship armament= |Ship aircraft= 1 Hawker Sea Hurricane |Ship aircraft facilities= aircraft catapult |Ship notes= sister ships: , , , }} |}

'''SS ''Michael E''''' was a cargo ship that was built in 1941. She was the first British catapult aircraft merchant ship (CAM ship): a merchant ship fitted with a rocket catapult to launch a single Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft to defend a convoy against long-range German bombers. She was sunk on her maiden voyage by a German submarine. Provided by Wikipedia