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on 29 July 1942. On 6 March 1943, the ship departed
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371:"Merchant Ships Built in Canada in World War Two"
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550:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1943
459:. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 54.
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298:with torpedoes. The damage to
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433:MARAD Vessel History Database
496:Hughes, Rod (3 March 2023).
256:105. It was equipped with a
212:1 × 4-inch (100 mm) gun
209:During the Second World War:
159:3 cyl triple expansion steam
502:Naval Association of Canada
400:"SS Fort Battle River 1943"
274:North Vancouver Ship Repair
179:(13 mph; 20 km/h)
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59:Ministry of War Transport
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1275:1944 Bombay explosion (
453:Rohwer, Jürgen (1977).
340:Fisher, Robert (1995).
258:triple expansion engine
103:General characteristics
286:German submarine U-410
1332:Cargo ships of Canada
470:Helgason, Guðmundur.
398:Lettens, Jan (2011).
229:was a Canadian-owned
69:North Van Ship Repair
375:Shipbuilding History
369:Colton, Tim (2015).
349:The Northern Mariner
426:"Fort Battle River"
252:. It was given the
262:nominal horsepower
16:Canadian Fort ship
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1289:See also:-
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806:Clan Alpine
660:Tokitsukaze
632:Taimei Maru
620:Sin-ai Maru
608:Oigawa Maru
254:hull number
241:Description
122:7,133
79:Yard number
1321:Categories
1303:Ocean ship
1162:Fort ships
1122:April 1943
654:Marietta E
626:Stag Hound
602:Kembu Maru
596:Doggerbank
557:Shipwrecks
498:"NAC News"
324:References
196:Complement
165:One shaft.
154:Propulsion
1299:Park ship
1074:USS
1063:HMS
1052:USS
985:Suwa Maru
949:HMS
930:Bungsberg
838:USS
790:Turbulent
788:HMS
783:Lightning
781:HMS
760:Harvester
758:HMS
681:USS
614:Shirayuki
584:Aiyo Maru
476:uboat.net
404:Wrecksite
260:that 505
231:Fort ship
113:Fort ship
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204:Armament
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310:Shediac
268:History
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119:Tonnage
65:Builder
26:History
1268:Events
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1022:Sirène
979:Masaya
951:Dasher
840:Triton
280:, for
130:Length
1012:U-416
973:Ceuta
957:U-169
940:U-469
904:U-665
898:U-524
888:U-163
872:U-384
818:U-163
796:U-130
772:U-444
766:U-432
737:U-633
717:U-156
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308:HMCS
235:U-410
184:Range
177:knots
172:Speed
55:Owner
1105:1944
1097:1943
1089:1942
995:U-77
827:HMS
666:U-87
510:2024
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313:and
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138:Beam
95:Fate
45:Name
1054:R-6
882:K-3
866:U-5
315:SS
250:GRT
224:SS
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189:nmi
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