Historia
This freighter, (north sands-type) was built in 1943 by Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. in Vancouver, BC.
Notas históricas
(The butts of the shell & deck plating were electrically welded.)
Propietarios y capitanes
In 1943-1945 she was owned by United States Wartime Shipping Administration on bare-boat charter to the Ministry of War Transport, London UK (Dodd, Thomson & Co. Ltd., mgrs.).
In 1947 she was owned by Dominion of Canada on bare-boat charter to the Ministry of War Transport, London UK (Novocastia Shipping Co. Ltd., mgrs.).
In 1949 call sign MAKC.
In 1950 she was owned by the Dalhousie Steam & Motorship Co. Ltd.
In 1952 she was owned by Transoceanic S.S. Co., Karachi Pakistan.
In 1953 she was registered at Karachi Pakistan, Call sign AQBT.
In 1953-62 she was owned by Trans Oceanic S.S. Co. Ltd.
Significado del nombre
Fort Aklavik was a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post on the Mackenzie River delta.
Referencias
- Canada List of Shipping
- Heal, S.C. (1999)
- Lloyd's Register Vol. 1 1944-1945
