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

 

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

 

Year Built	1942	Place	Prince Rupert	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	424.6'x 57.2'x 34.9'
Builder	Prince Rupert Dry Dock & Shipyards Co.	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 the Mnistry of War Transport (Sir W. Reardon Smith & Sons), London Uk.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1943-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On March 20, 1943 this vessel was torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-27 at 10.00N 71.00E on a voyage from Vancouver, Lyttelton & Colombo - Aden & Alexandria Egypt.

 

References
http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FORT_K.html
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