Fort Thompson
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| Name | Fort Thompson | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant (North Sands) | ||
| Tonnage | 7.134 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Burrard Dry Dock Co, North Vancouver | ||
| Owner | Glen & Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Nov, 1944 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-1223 (Albert Kneip) | ||
| Position | 48.55N, 67.41W - Grid BA 3829 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 57 (0 dead and 57 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | QS-99 (romper) | ||
| Route | Montreal - Quebec - New York - North Africa | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | completed October 1942, with the hull built by Vancouver Dry Dock Co, for US War Shipping Administration (WSA), lend-leased on bareboat charter to British Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). 1948 returned to USA, transferred to US Maritime Commission and laid in reserve. 1959 broken up at Beaumont. | ||
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