MV Adula was one of nine Royal Dutch/Shell oil tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship).

MV Adula was built at Blytheswood and completed in March, 1937 as an oil tanker for the Royal Dutch/Shell line.

She was converted at Falmouth to a MAC ship, entering service in February 1944.

[1] As a MAC ship, she had no aircraft hangar, and continued to carry normal cargoes, although operating under Royal Navy control.

[2] At the end of the war, Adula was reconverted to an oil tanker.