Fort Norman
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| Name | Fort Norman | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant (North Sands) | ||
| Tonnage | 7,133 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - West Coast Shipbuilders Ltd, Vancouver | ||
| Owner | W.H. Cockerline & Co, Hull | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-596 (Gunter Jahn) | ||
| Position | 36.51N, 01.09E - Grid CH 8428 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 60 (0 dead and 60 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | KMS-10 | ||
| Route | Faslane - Algiers | ||
| Cargo | Military stores | ||
| History | Completed September 1942 for US War Shipping Administration (WSA), lend-leased on bareboat charter to British Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). 1948 returned to US and transferred to US Maritime Commission (USMC). 1948 sold to Pakistan and renamed Al Murtaza Ali, 1954 renamed Anwarbaksh. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 18.43 and 18.44 hours on 9 Mar, 1943, U-596 fired torpedoes at the convoy KMS-10 and observed one hit after 1 minute 59 seconds and then heard another detonation after 2 minutes 55 seconds, probably on a more distant ship. A third torpedo detonation and a boiler explosion were also heard. | ||
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