Ship Details
Fort Athabasca If you have images associated with this Vessel, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Registry #1	168499 (UK)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1943	Fort Athabasca	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1943	Place	North Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	424.6' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder	Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	7132	Type 1	Freighter, (North Sands-type)
Registered Tonnage	6703	Type 2
Engine	Triple expansion 3-cylinder steam engine	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1943 she was owned by the Ministry of War Transport, London UK (managed by J. & C. Harrison Ltd.). In 1943 she was chartered by US Wartime Shipping Administration on bare-boat charter to the Ministry of War Transport, London UK (managed by J. & C. Harrison Ltd., mgrs.)

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1943-12-01

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On December 01, 1943 after an air raid this vesselblew up and sank in an explosion in a munitions ship neraby at Bari Italy.

 

References
Heal, S.C. (1999); Lloyd's Register of Shipping;
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