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History United Kingdom Name SS Fort Abitibi Owner Ministry of War Transport Operator Smith Hogg & Co., West Hartlepool Builder Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal Completed May 1942 Fate Broken up 1958 General characteristics [1] Class and type North Sands-type Fort ship Tonnage 7,125 GRT Length 440 ft 6 in (134.26 m ) Beam 57 ft 2 in (17.42 m ) Draught 26 ft 11.5 in (8.217 m ) Propulsion
3 cyl triple expansion steam
2500 ihp
One shaft.
Speed 11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h)Range 11,400 nmi (21,100 km ) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) Complement 115 Armament
During the Second World War:
1 × 4-inch (100 mm ) gun
8 × 20mm AA guns
SS Fort Abitibi Fort ship of 7,125 GRT measuring 440.5 feet (134.3 m ) long with a beam of 57.2 feet (17.4 m ).[2]
Fort and Park ships were the Canadian equivalent of the American Liberty ships . All three shared a similar design by J.L. Thompson and Sons of Sunderland , England. Fort ships had a triple expansion steam engine and a single screw propeller .[3]
Fort Abitibi was built by Canadian Vickers Ltd., of Montreal . It was given Registry No.168825, and was delivered in May 1942 to the U.S. War Shipping Administration. The vessel was operated by Smith Hogg & Co., West Hartlepool, and was part of the merchant navy fleet supplying Britain during World War II .[4] Fort Abitibi was broken up in Baltimore , Maryland, in 1958.[5]
It sailed to Australia on several occasions.[citation needed
References [ edit ]
^ The National Archives, Kew UK Reference:BT 389/13/17
^ Convoy HX 193 Cruising Order Departed Halifax on June 7-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 19th
^ Fort Ships of World War Two Angela DeRoy-Jones Last modified: February 15, 2005
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