MV Empire MacCallum was built at Lithgows shipyard, Glasgow, Scotland, under order from the Ministry of War Transport.

[2] On 7 July 1944, a Fairey Swordfish aircraft mistakenly sank the Free French submarine Perle in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.

[3] Among the aircraft that served on Empire MacCallum was Fairey Swordfish Mk II LS326 where it became part of 'K' flight.

In November 2010, it was airworthy with the Royal Navy Historic Flight.

[4] After the war, the ship was converted to a grain carrier, and eventually scrapped at Osaka in 1960.