SS Fort Abitibi

SS Fort Abitibi was a North Sands-type Fort ship of 7,125 GRT measuring 440.5 feet (134.3 m) long with a beam of 57.2 feet (17.4 m).^[2]

History
United Kingdom
Name	SS Fort Abitibi
Owner	Ministry of War Transport
Operator	Smith Hogg & Co., West Hartlepool
Builder	Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal
Completed	May 1942
Fate	Broken up 1958
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	North Sands-type Fort ship
Tonnage	7,125 GRT
Length	440 ft 6 in (134.26 m)
Beam	57 ft 2 in (17.42 m)
Draught	26 ft 11.5 in (8.217 m)
Propulsion	3 cyl triple expansion steam 2500 ihp One shaft.
Speed	11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h)
Range	11,400 nmi (21,100 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement	115
Armament	During the Second World War: 1 × 4-inch (100 mm) gun 8 × 20mm AA guns

Fort and Park ships 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.^[3]

Fort Abitibi was built by Canadian Vickers Ltd., of Montreal. It was given Registry No.168825, and was delivered in May 1942 to the U.S. War Shipping Administration. The vessel was operated by Smith Hogg & Co., West Hartlepool, and was part of the merchant navy fleet supplying Britain during World War II.^[4] 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. Fort Abitibi was broken up in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1958.^[5]

It sailed to Australia on several occasions.^{[citation needed]}