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

 

Registry #1	168386 (UK)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1942	Fort La Montee	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1942	Place	North Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	424.7' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder	North Vancouver Ship Repairs 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	Canadian Allis-Chalmers Ltd., Montreal PQ
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1942 registered at London UK. In 1942 she was owned by the Ministry of War Transport (J. & C. Harrison Ltd), London UK. In 1943 she was owned by US Wartime Shipping Administration on bare-boat charter to the Ministry of War Transport, London UK (J. & C. Harrison Ltd., mgrs.)

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On 4th Aug.1943 this vessel caught fire at Algiers and exploded, afterpart sunk by gunfire.

 

References
http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FORT_K.html; Lloyd's Register 1943/4
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