SS Fort Abitibi


Career (UK)

Name:	SS Fort Abitibi
Owner:	Ministry of War Transport
Operator:	Smith Hogg & Co., West Hartlepool
Builder:	Canadian Vickers Ltd., of Montreal
Completed:	May 1942
Fate:	Broken up 1958
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type:	North Sands-type Fort class cargo ship
Tonnage:	7,125 GRT
Length:	440 ft 6 in (134.26 m)
Beam:	57 ft 2 in (17.42 m)

The SS Fort Abitibi was a North Sands type Fort class ship of registered 7125 gross tonnage measuring 440.5 x 57.2 feet.^[2]

Fort Abitibi was built by Canadian Vickers Ltd., of Montreal with Registry No.168825, and was delivered in May, 1942 to the U.S. War Shipping Administration, and operated by Smith Hogg & Co., West Hartlepool. It was used by the U.S. Maritime Commission; in 1947 and was later transferred to Sir R Ropner & Co. Ltd., of West Hartlepool for the Ministry of War Transport. It was broken up in Baltimore, Maryland USA in 1958.^[3]

It sailed to Australia on several occasions,^[4] and was part of the merchant navy fleet supplying Britain during World War II.^[5]

References

↑ DeRoy-Jones, Angela (2004). "Merchant Ships Built in Canada in World War Two". fortships.tripod.com. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
↑ Colton, Tim (2011). "Merchant Ships Built in Canada in World War Two". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
↑ Fort Ships of World War Two Angela DeRoy-Jones Last modified: February 15, 2005
↑ 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

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