Ship Details
Fort Chilcotin Photo Credit: Vancouver Archives CVA_195-1

 

Registry #1	168318 (UK)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1942	Fort Chilcotin	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)	424.7' 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, Montreal PQ
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign	WCSB
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1942 she was owned by the Ministry of War Transport (managed by H. Hogarth & Sons), London UK. In 1942-1943 she was registered at London UK. In 1943 she was chartered by the US Wartime Shipping Administration on bare-boat charter to the Ministry of War Transport, London UK (H. Hogarth & Sons, mgrs.).

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1943-07-24

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	Named for Fort Chilcotin

 

Anecdotes
On July 24, 1943 this vessel was torpedoed and sunk by U.172 in 15.03S 32.35W off Bahia Brazil on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro - Freetown & U.K.

 

References
Heal, S.C. (1999); Lloyd's Register of Shipping
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