Ship Details
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Registry #1	168396 (UK)	Registry #2	(US)	Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1942	Fort Brule	Name 6
Name 2	1948	Jalamoti	Name 7
Name 3	(nk)	Ilion	Name 8
Name 4	1961	Adawind	Name 9
Name 5	1964	Island Venture (I)	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	7133	Type 1	Freighter
Registered Tonnage	6704	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 1943 she was owned by US Wartime Shipping Administration on bare-boat charter to the Ministry of War Transport, London UK (Sir R. Ropner & Co. Ltd., mgrs.). In 1948 she was registered at Bombay India. In 1948 she was owned by Scindia Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes

 

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