SS Fairport

SS Fairport may refer to one of two Type C2-S-E1 ships built by Gulf Shipbuilding for the United States Maritime Commission:

SS Fairport (1941) (MC hull number 849), sunk by German submarine U-161 on 16 July 1942; all hands survived
SS Fairport (1945) (MC hull number 1614), scrapped in 1970

or may refer to:

SS Fairport ( United Kingdom) of Liverpool dragged her anchor and beached on Porthcurno beach on 28 December 1908; towed off the following day^[1]

References

↑ Leach, Nicholas (2003). Sennen Cove Lifeboats. Stroud: Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-3111-0.

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