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History United Kingdom Name Fort Battle River Owner Ministry of War Transport Builder North Van Ship Repair , North Vancouver Yard number 105 Completed 29 July 1942 Fate Torpedoed and sunk 6 March 1943 General characteristics Class and type North Sands-type Fort ship Tonnage 7,133 GRT Length 441 ft 6 in (134.57 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 Battle River Fort ship that saw service as a cargo ship during World War II. It was torpedoed by U-410 on 6 March 1943 and sank on 9 March.
Description
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Fort Battle River was a North Sands-type cargo ship with a tonnage of 7,133 GRT . It was given the hull number 105.[1] [2] triple expansion engine that 505 nominal horsepower for a speed of 11 knots.[3] [4] [3]
History
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The ship was completed by North Vancouver Ship Repair on 29 July 1942.[2] Glasgow, Scotland , for Bone, Algeria , as part of the merchant convoy KMS-10. Later that day, the German submarine U-410 attacked the convoy while it was off the coast of Portugal, striking Fort Battle River and Fort Paskoyac Paskoyac was minimized by a torpedo protection net, but Battle River was crippled. The ship's full complement of 45 crew, 10 gunners, and 9 passengers were rescued by HMCS Shediac and SS Empire Flamingo [1] [5] [6] [7]
References
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^ a b Lettens, Jan (2011). "SS Fort Battle River 1943" . Wrecksite . Retrieved 20 March 2024 .
^ Wahl, Herman (26 September 1942). "Fort Battle River" (PDF) . MARAD Vessel History Database . Retrieved 20 March 2024 .
^ Rohwer, Jürgen (1977). The critical convoy battles of March 1943
^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Fort Battle River (British steam merchant)" . uboat.net . Retrieved 20 March 2024 .
^ Hughes, Rod (3 March 2023). "NAC News" . Naval Association of Canada (503 ed.). Retrieved 20 March 2024 .
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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1943
Shipwrecks
2 Mar: Kyokusei Maru Meriwether Lewis
3 Mar: Aiyo Maru Arashio Doggerbank Kembu Maru Oigawa Maru Shirayuki Sin-ai Maru Stag Hound Taimei Maru
4 Mar: Asashio City of Pretoria Marietta E Tokitsukaze U-87
5 Mar: Empire Tower USS Grampus , Minegumo Murasame
8 Mar: ′s Jacob James B. Stephens U-156
9 Mar: Fort Battle River
10 Mar: U-633 Richard Bland Nailsea Court
11 Mar: HMS Harvester , U-432 U-444
12 Mar: HMS Lightning , HMS Turbulent , U-130
13 Mar: Clan Alpine Empress of Canada U-163
14 Mar: HMS Thunderbolt
15 Mar: USS Triton
16 Mar: Benjamin Harrison
19 Mar: Lulworth Hill U-5 U-384
21 Mar: K-3 U-163
22 Mar: U-524 U-665
23 Mar: Delfino Windsor Castle
24 Mar: Bungsberg
25 Mar: U-469
27 Mar: HMS Dasher , U-169
28 Mar: Caterina Costa Ceuta Masaya Suwa Maru
29 Mar: U-77
30 Mar: SS Empire Bowman , U-416
Unknown date: Sirène
Other incidents
1942 1943 1944 February 1943 April 1943
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