Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
S.S. FORT LA TRAITE, glass negative
¾ Port Bow view of S.S. FORT LA TRAITE, entering Cardiff Dock, 20 April 1947.
S.S. FORT LA TRAITE (7134gt). North Sands type built December 1942 by West Coast Shipbuilders Ltd., Vancouver, for MoWT (managed by Evan Thomas & Radcliffe Ltd., Cardiff). 1947 – Returned to the US Maritime Commission. 1948 – Sold to “Italnavi” Soc di Nav per Azioni,Genoa, and renamed ITALSOLE. 1949 – Converted to diesel and used as a car carrier for the Fiat car company. 1965 – Sold to Lloyd’s Africa Ltd., Monrovia, and renamed FREEPORT. She was broken up at Faslane in 1972. (Source: fortships.tripod.com/fleetlist)