SS Fort Stikine
Fort Stikine
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| Name: | Fort Stikine |
| Namesake: | Fort Stikine |
| Owner: | War Shipping Administration, on Lend Lease to the Ministry of War Transport |
| Operator: | Port Line Ltd |
| Port of registry: |
 London, United Kingdom |
| Builder: | Prince Rupert Drydock & Shipyard |
| Yard number: | 43 |
| Launched: | 31 July 1942 |
| Out of service: | 14 April 1944 |
| Identification: |
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| Fate: | Exploded and was obliterated |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Fort ship |
| Type: | Cargo ship |
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| Beam: | 57 feet 2 inches (17.42 m) |
| Draught: | 26 feet 11.5 inches (8.22 m) |
| Depth: | 35 feet 0 inches (10.67 m) |
| Installed power: | Triple expansion steam engine, 505 NHP |
| Propulsion: | Screw propeller |
Fort Stikine was a British Fort ship which was built in Canada in 1942. Owned by the American War Shipping Administration, she was leased under charter to the Ministry of War Transport under the Lend-Lease scheme and operated under the management of the Port Line. Fort Stikine only had a short career, and was destroyed in an explosion at Bombay, India, in April 1944 that caused the loss of a further thirteen ships.
Fort Stikine was 441 feet 5 inches (134.54 m) long, with a beam of 57 feet 2 inches (17.42 m). She had a depth of 35 feet 0 inches (10.67 m) and a draught of 26 feet 11.5 inches (8.22 m). The ship was propelled by a 505 NHP triple expansion steam engine which was built by the Dominion Engineering Works, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It had cylinders of 24 1⁄2 inches (62 cm), 37 inches (94 cm) and 70 inches (180 cm) bore by 48 inches (120 cm) stroke.
Fort Stikine was built by Prince Rupert Drydock & Shipyard, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada as yard number 43. She was built under the auspices of Wartime Merchant Shipping Ltd., a Canadian government corporation coordinating wartime shipbuilding in Canada, and on completion on 31 July 1942 delivered by that corporation to the United States War Shipping Administration (WSA) which then delivered the ship to the Ministry of War Transport under Lend Lease at Vancouver, British Columbia on the same date. Ownership was retained by WSA with the Ministry of War Transport placing her under the management of the Port Line. The United Kingdom Official Number 168351 and Code Letters BKLG were allocated. Her port of registry was London.
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