Ship Details
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Registry #1	169719 (UK)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1943	Fort Frobisher	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1943	Place	North Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	424.7' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder	North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	7134	Type 1	Freighter, (North Sands-type)
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	Triple expansion steam engine	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1943 she was owned by the Ministry of Wartime Transport (managed by Maclay & McIntyre Ltd), London UK. In 1943 she was chartered by Wartime Shipping Administration and managed by Maclay & McIntyre Ltd., Glasgow UK. In 1948 she was owned by the US Maritime Commission and placed in the reserve fleet.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1962-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
In 1962 this vessel was broken up in Baltimore MD USA.

 

References
Heal, S.C. (1999); Lloyd's Register 1955/6, Vol. 1
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