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SS Fort Athabaska

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section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	United Kingdom
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name	SS Fort Athabaska
owner	Ministry of War Transport
operator	J. & C. Harrison, London
builder	Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd., North Vancouver
completed	15 May 1943
fate	Sunk, 2 December 1943
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
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class	North Sands-type Fort ship
tonnage
length	441 ft
beam	57 ft
draught	26 ft
propulsion	*3 cyl triple expansion steam
speed	11 kn
range	11400 nmi at 10 kn
complement	115
armament	*During the Second World War:
*1 × {{convert	4	in	mm	adj	on}} gun

2500 ihp
One shaft.
1 × 4 in gun
8 × 20mm AA guns '*SS *Fort Athabaska''''' was a Canadian-owned Fort ship, sunk while under British naval use in 1943. With the heavy demand for British cargo ships it was given to British naval forces. She was a North Sands type Fort ship built by Burrard Dry Dock of North Vancouver, and completed 15 May 1943.

History

On 2 December 1943 multiple squadrons of German bombers conducted a destructive air assault on Bari Harbour in Italy. Twenty-eight Allied ships were sunk in the raid with contents of mustard gas in one of their hulls. The moment the gas spread, the harbour became a poisonous inferno. One of the ships sunk in the raid was Fort Athabaska. The contents of the ship whilst it was stationed at Bari is unknown, but some records suggest medical/oil/ammunition supplies. The fate of the ship was sealed when multiple bombs penetrated the decks of the ship, leaving holes in the hull that could not be repaired. The order to abandon ship was given and the ship quickly submerged. Fort and Park ship 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.

References

(2004). "Merchant Ships Built in Canada in World War Two". fortships.tripod.com.
(2011). "Merchant Ships Built in Canada in World War Two". shipbuildinghistory.com.
"Fort Athabaska". wrecksite.eu.

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