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S.S. FORT GRANT, glass negative
¾ Port bow view of S.S. FORT GRANT entering Cardiff Docks.
North Sands type built 1943 by West Coast Shipbuilders Ltd., Vancouver, for the Canadian Government, managed for MoWT by David Alexander & Sons, Glasgow. 1950 – Returned to Canada, sold to Northeastern Freighters Ltd., Montreal, and renamed COMMODORE GRANT. 1961 – Sold to Panama owners and initially renamed SIDON, and later that year, SIDON STAR. 1963 – Sold to Greek owners and renamed AETHON. She was broken up in China in 1967.