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'''SS ''Fort Athabaska''''' was a Canadian-owned [[Fort ship]], sunk while under British naval use in 1943. With the heavy demand for British cargo ships it was given to British naval forces.<br />
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She was a North Sands type Fort ship built by [[Burrard Dry Dock]] of [[North Vancouver (city)|North Vancouver]], and completed 15 May 1943.<ref name="shipbuildinghistory">{{cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/canada/shipsbytype/wwtwo.htm |title=Merchant Ships Built in Canada in World War Two |last1=Colton |first1=Tim |year=2011 |work=shipbuildinghistory.com |accessdate=23 November 2012 |archive-date=20 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020013252/http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/canada/shipsbytype/wwtwo.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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On 2 December 1943 multiple squadrons of German [[bomber]]s conducted a destructive [[Air raid on Bari|air assault on Bari Harbour]] in Italy. Twenty-eight [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] ships were sunk in the raid with contents of [[mustard gas]] in one of their hulls. The moment the gas spread, the harbour became a poisonous inferno. One of the ships sunk in the raid was ''Fort Athabaska''. The contents of the ship whilst it was stationed at Bari is unknown, but some records suggest medical/oil/ammunition supplies. The fate of the ship was sealed when multiple bombs penetrated the decks of the ship, leaving holes in the hull that could not be repaired. The order to abandon ship was given and the ship quickly submerged.<br />
Fort and Park ship were the Canadian equivalent of the [[United States|American]] [[Liberty ship]]s. All three shared a similar design by [[J.L. Thompson and Sons]] of [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]], England. Fort ships had a [[triple expansion steam engine]] and a single screw [[propellor|propeller]].<br />
<ref>{{cite web | url=http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140472 | title=Fort Athabaska | work=wrecksite.eu | accessdate=23 November 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322055719/http://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140472 | archivedate=22 March 2012 }}</ref><br />
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