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Registry #1	168390 (UK)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

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

 

Year Built	1942	Place	Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	424.6' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder	West Coast Ship Builders 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 Ltd., Montreal PQ
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1942 she was owned by (B. J. Sutherland & Co), London UK. In 1948 she was owned by U.S. Maritime Commission.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
In 1955 this vessel was laid up, surveys overdue. In 1961 this vessel was broken up in the USA.

 

References
Lloyd's Register 1955/6, Vol. 1; http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FORT_K.html;
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