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Created: 2018-11-16 11:52:42 PM
Last Edited: 2023-12-03 6:41:22 AM

Fort Henry	Fort Henry (1959/09/06)	Fort Henry (1959/09/06)	Fort Henry (1968/07/15)
Fort Henry (1973)	Fort Henry (1984/06/05)	Fort Henry (1984/06/05)	Fort Henry (1984/06/05)
Fort Henry (1984/06/21)	Fort Henry (1984/09/06)

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Details/Construction
Builder:	Collingwood Shipbuilding Company	Location:	Collingwood, Ontario, Canada	Hull #:	150
Design:	Fort class
Keel Layed:	1954/08/20	Launched:	1955/03/10	Commissioned:	1955/05

Propulsion
As built	Type:	1 Inglis steam turbine engine	Output:	4950 shp (3693 kW) - 17.0 knots
	Manufacturer:	John Inglis Engine Company - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dimensions
As built	Length (oa):	140.7 m (461.6 ft)	Gross Tonnage:	5729
	Length (lbp):	134.12 m (440.0 ft)	Net Tonnage:	3707
	Beam:	17.2 m (56.4 ft)	Dead Weight:	8593
	Depth:	9.76 m (32.0 ft)	Displacement:
	Draft:	7.243 m (23.8 ft)

Owner History

Fleet History

Owner	Manager	From	Until
Canada Steamship Lines		1955/05	1969
Canada Steamship Lines - Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Steamships Forwarding Company Ltd.	1969	1984/12
Steel Factors, Ltd.		1984/12	Scrapped

Fleet	From	Until
Canada Steamship Lines - Canada	1955/05	1984/12

Name History

Registration History

Name	Until
Fort Henry	1986

Number	Port	Call Sign	MMSI	From	Until
Can 176118	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	VDKV		1955/06/01	1984/12

Description

Laid down as Fort Garry, but renamed Fort Henry before launching.

Laid up in Kingston, Ontario following the 1979 season and did not operate again.

Her pilot house was saved and placed on display at Lock 3 Park on the Welland Canal. After repeated attacks by vandals the pilot house display was dismantled in July, 2002.

Disposition
Description/Location	Scrapped in Hamilton, Ontario by United Metals Ltd.
Arrival at Yard	1984/06/05	Beached:	Work Began:	1986/04/01
Lost			Date:

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