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Fort Confidence
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| Registry #1 | 168339 (UK) | Registry #2 | Registry #3 | ||
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| IMO# | MMSI# | VRN# |
| Name 1 | 1942 | Fort Confidence | Name 6 | ||
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| 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 |
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| Designer | (nk) | Measurement (imp) | 424.6' x 57.2' x 34.9' |
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| Builder | West Coast Ship Builders Ltd. | Measurement (metric) | ?m x ?m x ?m |
| Hull | Steel | Displacement | |
| Gross Tonnage | Type 1 | Freighter | |
| Registered Tonnage | Type 2 | ||
| Engine | Triple expansion 3-cylinder steam engine | Engine Manufacture | (nk) |
| Repower | Propulsion | Screw | |
| Rebuilds | Call Sign | ||
| Pendant # | Masters |
| Owner(s) |
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| In 1943 she was owned by US Wartime Shipping Administration on bare-boat charter to the Ministry of War Transport, London UK (Macly & McIntyre Ltd., mgrs.). |
| Fate | Registry closed | Date | 1943-07-16 |
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| Named Features | |
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| Significance of Name |
| Anecdotes |
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| On 16/07/1943 this vessel was burned while loading fuel drums at Algiers and beached. |
| References |
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| Heal, S.C. (1999); Lloyd's Register 1943/4 |
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