Ship Details
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Registry #1	168320 (UK)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

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

 

Year Built	1942	Place	Esquimalt	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	424.7' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder	Yarrows Ltd.	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	Engine Manufacture	Dominion Engineering Works, Montreal PQ
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1942 she was owned by Wartime Shipping Administration, and managed by Glen Line Ltd., London UK.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1944-03-03

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On 03/03/1944 this vessel was torpedoed, shelled and sunk by Japanese submarine I-162 in 02.01N 77.06E on voyage Cochin & Colombo - Durban

 

References
Heal, S.C. (1999)
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