| History | |
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 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 & type | North Sands-typeFort 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) |
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| Speed | 11knots (13 mph; 20 km/h) |
| Range | 11,400 nmi (21,100 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
| Complement | 115 |
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SSFort Battle River was a Canadian-ownedFort ship that saw service as a cargo ship during World War II. It was torpedoed byU-410 on 6 March 1943 and sank on 9 March.
Fort Battle River was a North Sands-type cargo ship with a tonnage of 7,133 GRT. It was given thehull number 105.[1][2] It was equipped with atriple expansion engine that 505nominal horsepower for a speed of 11 knots.[3] The crew was entirely British, and ranged in size from 48 in September 1942[4] to 45 in March 1943.[3]
The ship was completed byNorth Vancouver Ship Repair on 29 July 1942.[2] On 6 March 1943, the ship departedGlasgow, Scotland, forBone, Algeria, as part of the merchant convoy KMS-10. Later that day, theGerman submarine U-410 attacked the convoy while it was off the coast of Portugal, strikingFort Battle River andFort Paskoyac with torpedoes. The damage toPaskoyac was minimized by a torpedo protection net, butBattle River was crippled. The ship's full complement of 45 crew, 10 gunners, and 9 passengers were rescued byHMCSShediac andSSEmpire Flamingo and taken to Gibraltar. Three days later, on 9 March, the ship fully sank.[1][5][6][7]
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