HMS Mackay (D70)
| Navy: | RN |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Class: | Admiralty Leader |
| Pennant: | D 70 |
| Built by: | Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) |
| Ordered: | Apr, 1917 |
| Laid down: | 5 Mar, 1918 |
| Launched: | 21 Dec, 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 19 May, 1919 |
| History: | Mackay was
coverted into a long-range escort at the outbreak f WWI with a reduced gun
armament but carrying a complement of 50 DCs. In May 1940 she took part in the evacuation of Dukerque, in 2/1941 was with Capt Pizey's Division when it attempted attacking Scharnhorst & Gneisenau as they returned to Germany via the Channel but failed to get in range. Spent a short time escorting Russian convoy then switched to the East coast where she remained until the Normandy invasion. On 6/6/44 she was escorting one of the invasion convoys. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 18 February 1947. |
