Fort Rampart
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| Name | Fort Rampart | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant (North Sands) | ||
| Tonnage | 7,134 tons | ||
| Completed | 1943 - West Coast Shipbuilders Ltd, Vancouver | ||
| Owner | Charlton, McAllum & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 18 Apr 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-226 (Rolf Borchers) | ||
| Position | 47.28N, 22.00W - Grid BE 4529 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 56 (6 dead and 50 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-233 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Vancouver - Port Alberni - Panama - New York (6 Apr) - Hull | ||
| Cargo | 8700 tons of lumber and general cargo | ||
| History | Completed January 1943 for US War Shipping Administration (WSA), lend-leased on bareboat charter to British Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.47 and 07.49 hours on 17 Apr, 1943, U-628 (Hasenschar) fired torpedoes at the convoy HX-233 in grid BE 4615 (47°22N/21°58W) and observed one hit on each of two ships. In fact, the Fort Rampart was damaged and the American steam tanker Harrison Smith was missed. The Fort Rampart (Master William Henry Stein) was on her maiden voyage. Six crew members were lost. The master, 40 crew members, six gunners and three passengers (DBS) were picked up by the HMCS Arvida (K 113) (Lt D.G. King) and landed at Greenock. | ||
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