Name SS Fort Abitibi Fate Broken up 1958 | Completed May 1942 Length 134 m | |
Operator Smith Hogg & Co., West Hartlepool Builder Canadian Vickers Ltd., of Montreal | ||
The SS Fort Abitibi was a North Sands type Fort class ship of registered 7125 gross tonnage measuring 440.5 x 57.2 feet.
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.
It sailed to Australia on several occasions, and was part of the merchant navy fleet supplying Britain during World War II.
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