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Fort St. Nicholas

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Registry #1 16960? (US) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1943 Fort St. Nicholas 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) 424.6' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 7154 Type 1 Freighter, (Victory-type)
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 2500ihp Dominion steam reciprocating engine Engine Manufacture Dominion Engineering Works Ltd., Montreal PQ
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1943 she was owned by Wartime Merchant Shipping Ltd. (J. Cory & Sons), London UK.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On 15th February 1944 this vessel was torpedoed and sunk by U.410 at 40.34N 14.37E on a voyage Naples - Salerno.
 
References
http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FORT_K.html;
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