Ship Details
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Registry #1	168325 (UK)	Registry #2	(India Registry)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1942	Fort Chipewyan (II)	Name 6
Name 2	1949	Bharatraja	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		Type 1	Freighter
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	Triple expansion 3-cylinder steam engine	Engine Manufacture	John Inglis Co. Ltd., Toronto ON
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1943 she was owned by US Wartime Shipping Administration on bare-boat charter to the Ministry of War Transport, London UK (Idwal Williams & Co., mgrs.). In 1947 she was returned to the USMC. In 1949 she was registered at Bombay, India. In 1949 she was owned by Bharat Line Ltd., Bombay India.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1962-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name	Named for Fort Chiewyan on Lake Athabaska.

 

Anecdotes
In 1962 this vessel was broken up at Bombay, India.

 

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