Fort Franklin
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| Name | Fort Franklin | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant (North Sands) | ||
| Tonnage | 7.135 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - West Coast Shipbuilders Ltd, Vancouver | ||
| Owner | Dodd, Thomson & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Jul, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-181 (Wolfgang Lüth) | ||
| Position | 22.36S, 51.22E - Grid KF 9759 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 55 (2 dead and 53 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Port Said - Aden (1 Jul) - Lourenco Marques - Durban | ||
| Cargo | 1500 tons of salt as ballast | ||
| History | Completed December 1942 for US War Shipping Administration (WSA), lend-leased on bareboat charter to British Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.58 hours on 16 Jul, 1943, the unescorted Fort Franklin (Master Thomas Witney Trott) was torpedoed and sunk by U-181 southwest of Reunion. Two crew members died. The master, 43 crew members and nine gunners landed at Manajara, Madagascar. | ||
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