Ship Details

Fort Pelly

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Registry #1 168346 (UK) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1942 Fort Pelly 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) 424.6' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder Yarrows Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 7131 Type 1 Freighter, (North Sands-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 1942 she was registered at London UK owned by the Ministry of War Transport (Sir R. Ropner & Co), London UK. . In 1942 she was owned by Wartime Shipping Administration, and managed by Sir. R. Ropner & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool UK.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1943-07-20
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
On July 20, 1943 this vessel was bombed and sunk off Augusta Sicily, Italy.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; Heal, S.C. (1999); http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FORT_K.html;
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