Story
This freighter, (victory-type) was built in 1943 by Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. in North Vancouver, BC.
Historical Notes
The Heritagegateway.org.uk stated "Lend-Lease - The 'lease-lend' terms under most of these were transferred meant that 'the owner supplied the ship, but the charterer [supplied and equipped] the vessel with all fuel, chandlery, hardware . . . and other expendable supplies. When the ship [was] returned to the owner, a reverse adjustment [was] made for fuel and supplies which remain[ed] on board." On February 1, 1946 this vessel was sunk in collision with the s/s Thornaby at 51.53N 01.32E (off the Thames Estuary, foundered approximately 2.3 miles east of Rough's Tower, between the East and West Fort Massac buoys) while on a voyage Middlesbrough - Table Bay South Africa.
Owners & Masters
In 1943 she was owned by the Minister of Munitions & Supply, Ottawa on Canada (managed by John Cory & Sons Ltd., Cardiff Wales UK).
In 1945 she was owned by Wartime Merchant Shipping Ltd.
References
- www.mariners-l.co.uk ↗
- Canada List of Shipping
- hec.lrfoundation.org.uk ↗ (website viewed 05/08/2025)
- www.heritagegateway.org.uk ↗ (website viewed 05/08/2025)
