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Registry #1	168479 (UK)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1943	Fort Grouard	Name 6
Name 2	1950	Sea Crest (I)	Name 7
Name 3	1952	Ernest G. Pathy	Name 8
Name 4	1955	African Duke	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		Type 1	Freighter
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 registered at London UK. In 1943 she was owned by the Ministry of War Transport (W. Runciman & Co), London UK. In 1943 she was owned by US Wartime Shipping Administration on bare-boat charter to the Ministry of War Transport, London UK (W. Runciman & Co. Ltd., mgrs.). In 1946 she was owned by the Ministry of Transport (R. S. Dalgliesh & Ltd), London UK. In 1950 she was owned by Larix Shipping Co (Embiricos Ltd), London UK. In 1952 she was registered at London UK. In 1952 she was owned by Federal Commerce & Navigation Co. Ltd., London UK. In 1955 she was owned by West Africa Navigation Co, Monrovia Liberia.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
In 1964 this vessel was broken up Yokosuka.

 

References
http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FortA.html; Lloyd's Register 1955/6, Vol. 1; Lloyd's Register 1943/4
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