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Fort Rupert (I)

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Registry #1 168374 (UK) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1942 Fort Rupert (I) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1942 Place Prince Rupert Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 424.6' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder Prince Rupert Dry Dock & Shipyards Co. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 7130 Type 1 Freighter, (North Sands-type)
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine Triple expansion 3-cylinder steam engine (1942)In 1958 she was broken up. Engine Manufacture Dominion Engineering Works, Montreal PQ
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1942 she was owned by the Ministry of War Transport (managed by Evan Thomas Radcliffe & Co), London UK. In 1947 she was registered at USA she was owned by United States Department of Commerce (U.S. Maritime Commission).
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1955 this vessel was laid up, surveys overdue. In 1958 this vessel was broken up at Baltimore MD USA.
 
References
McLaren, T.A. & Vickie Jensen (2000); Lloyd's Register 1955/6, Vol. 1; http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FORT_K.html;
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