Ship Details

Fort Franklin

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Registry #1 (UK Registry) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1942 Fort Franklin Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1942 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 424.7' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder West Coast Ship Builders Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 7130 Type 1 Freighter
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 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 1943 she was owned by US Wartime Shipping Administration on bare-boat charter to the Ministry of War Transport, London UK (Dodd, Thompson & Co. Ltd., mgrs.).
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1943-07-16
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On July 16, 1943 this vessel was sunk by a submarine off of Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean.
 
References
Heal, S.C. (1999); Lloyd's Register 1943/4
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