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Registry #1	169580 (UK)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1943	Fort Bell	Name 6
Name 2	1951	North Cambria	Name 7
Name 3	1951	Canada Maru (II)	Name 8
Name 4	1965	Tenyo Maru (I)	Name 9
Name 5	1965	Asahi Maru	Name 10

 

Year Built	1943	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	424.7' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder	Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	7130	Type 1	Freighter, (North Sands-type)
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	2500ihp Triple expansion 3-cylinder steam engine	Engine Manufacture	John Inglis Co. Ltd., Toronto ON
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1947 she was owned by the Dominion of Canada on bare-boat charter to the Ministry of War Transport, London UK (W.A. Souter & Co. Ltd., mgrs.). In 1951 she was owned by North Shipping Co. Ltd.. In 1951 she was owned by Hihonkai Kisen K.K., Tokyo Japan.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

 

References
Lloyd's Register 1944/5; Lloyd's Register 1955/6, Vol. 1
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