SS Fort Athabaska

History

United Kingdom
Name:	SS Fort Athabaska
Owner:	Ministry of War Transport
Operator:	J. & C. Harrison, London
Builder:	Burrard Dry Dock, North Vancouver
Completed:	15 May 1943
Fate:	Sunk, 2 December 1943
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type:	North Sands-type Fort class cargo ship
Tonnage:	7,130 GRT
Length:	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam:	57 ft 2 in (17.42 m)

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.^[2]

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 the 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.^[3]

References

↑ DeRoy-Jones, Angela (2004). "Merchant Ships Built in Canada in World War Two". fortships.tripod.com. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
↑ Colton, Tim (2011). "Merchant Ships Built in Canada in World War Two". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
↑ "Fort Athabaska". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 23 November 2012.

Fort ships

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North Sands type	Fort A La Corne Fort Abitibi Fort Acton Fort Aklavik Fort Albany Fort Alexandria Fort Anne Fort Ash Fort Assiniboine Fort Athabaska Fort Augustus Fort Babine Fort Battle River Fort Beauharnois Fort Beausejour Fort Bedford Fort Bell Fort Bellingham Fort Bourbon Fort Brandon Fort Brule Fort Brunswick Fort Buckingham Fort Buffalo Fort Cadotte Fort Camosun Fort Capot River Fort Caribou Fort Carillon Fort Carlton Fort Cataraqui Fort Cedar Lake Fort Cevier Fort Chambly Fort Charmisay Fort Chesterfield Fort Chilcontin Fort Chimo Fort Chipewyan Fort Churcill Fort Concord Fort Confidence Fort Connolly Fort Coulonge Fort Covington Fort Crown Point Fort Cumberland Fort Dauphin Fort Dease Lake Fort Douglas Fort Drew Fort Ellice Fort Enterprise Fort Erie Fort Esperance Fort Fairford Fort Fidler Fort Finlay Fort Fitzgerald Fort Fork Fort Franklin Fort Fraser Fort Frederick Fort Frobisher Fort Frontenac Fort Gasperean Fort George Fort Gibraltar Fort Glenlyon Fort Glenora Fort Gloucester Fort Good Hope Fort Grahame Fort Grant Fort Grouard Fort Halkett Fort Henley Fort Howe Fort Hudson's Hope Fort Jasper Fort Jemseg Fort Kootenay Fort Lac La Rouge Fort La Cloche Fort Lajoie Fort La Maune Fort La Montee Fort Langley Fort La Prairie Fort La Reine Fort La Tour Fort La Traite Fort Lawrence Fort Lennox Fort Liard Fort Livingstone Fort Longueuil Fort Louisbourg Fort Mattagami Fort Maurepas Fort McLeod Fort McLoughlin Fort McMurray Fort McPherson Fort Medutic Fort Michipicoten Fort Mingan Fort Missanabie Fort Moose Fort Mumford Fort Musquarro Fort Nakasley Fort Nashwaak Fort Nipigon Fort Norfolk Fort Norman Fort Nottingham Fort Paskoyac Fort Pelly Fort Pembina Fort Pic Fort Pine Fort Pitt Fort Poplar Fort Qu'Apelle Fort Rae Fort Rampart Fort Reliance Fort Remy Fort Richelieu Fort Romaine Fort Rouille Fort Rupert Fort St Francois Fort St James Fort St Joseph Fort St Paul Fort St Regis Fort Stager Fort St Antoine Fort St Croix Fort Steele Fort Stikine (explosion) Fort St Nicholas Fort Sturgeon Fort Tadoussac Fort Thompson Fort Ticonderoga Fort Tremblant Fort Turtle Fort Vercheres Fort Vermillion Fort Ville Marie Fort Walsh Fort Wedderbourne Fort Wellington Fort Wrigley Fort Yale

Victory type	Fort Alabama Fort Aspin Fort Astoria Fort Beaver Lake Fort Biloxi Fort Boise Fort Brisebois Fort Clatsop Fort Columbia Fort Colville Fort Constantine Fort Conti Fort Crevecoeur Fort Daer Fort Dearborn Fort Dunvegan Fort Edmonton Fort Grand Rapids Fort Green Lake Fort Hall Fort Harrison Fort Highfield Fort Island Fort Kaskasia Fort Kilmar Fort Kullyspell Fort La Baye Fort La Have Fort Machault Fort Mackinac Fort Maisonneuve Fort Marin Fort Massac Fort McDonnell Fort Miami Fort Orleans Fort Panmure Fort Perrot Fort Providence Fort Prudhomme Fort Saskidac Fort Saleesh Fort Senneville Fort Simpson Fort Slave Fort Souris Fort St Ignace Fort Toulouse Fort Venango Fort Wallace Fort Wrangell Fort Yukon

See also:- Empire ship, Liberty ship, Park ship, Ocean ship, Victory ship.

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in December 1943

Shipwrecks	2 Dec: Fort Athabaska, John Harvey, Norlom 4 Dec: Chūyō, Kembu Maru 12 Dec: HMS Holcombe, HMS Tynedale 13 Dec: Friedrich Bischoff, U-172, U-391, U-593 15 Dec: Nevada 16 Dec: U-73 17 Dec: USS APc-21 18 Dec: HMS Felixstowe, Numakaze 20 Dec: U-850 21 Dec: Norhauk 22 Dec: Niobe 24 Dec: Dumana, USS Leary, U-645 25 Dec: HMS Hurricane 26 Dec: USS Brownson, Scharnhorst 28 Dec: Axum, T-25, T-26, Z27 29 Dec: Protée 31 Dec: HMS Clacton Unknown date: U-972

Other incidents	13 Dec: U-345 23 Dec: HMS Worcester

1942 1943 1944 November 1943 January 1944

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