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

 

Registry #1	169627 (UK)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1943	Fort Bellingham	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)	424.7' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder	Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	7153	Type 1	Freighter, (North Sands-type)
Registered Tonnage	6709	Type 2
Engine	2500ihp Triple expansion 3-cylinder steam engine	Engine Manufacture	Dominion Engineering Works Ltd., Montreal PQ
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1943-1944 she was owned by the Ministry of War Transport (managed by Hain SS Co), London UK.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1944-01-25

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On January 25, 1944 this vessel was torpedoed and sunk by U.360 and U.957 in 73.25N 25.10E near Murmansk Russia on voyage London - Murmansk.

 

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