Ship Details
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Registry #1	169762 (UK)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1943	Fort Saleesh	Name 6
Name 2	1946	Argomont	Name 7
Name 3	1949	Corfu Island	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	North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	7130	Type 1	Freighter, (Victory-type)
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 1943 she was owned by the Ministry of War Transport (Evan Thomas Radcliffe & Co), London UK. In 1946 she was owned by the Ministry of transport Argonaut Nav. Co (J. Constantine), Montreal UK. In 1949 she was owned by Cia de Nav Zita, Panama. In 1962 she was owned by Marathon Cia Nav, Beirut Lebanon.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On December 20, 1963 wrecked in Gulf of St. Lawrence after an engine failure on a voyage from Wismar - Canada.

 

References
http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FORT_K.html;
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