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Typical Profile
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Tonnage
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392
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Length(ft)
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45.17
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Breadth(ft)
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8.28
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Depth(ft)
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3.36
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Masts
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Decks
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one
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Hull
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Steel
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Shipwreck Details
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Description
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FERMONT was one of a class of small flat-bottomed freighters built to supply the Allied Beachhead at Normandy after D-Day. She had a long career with many name changes.
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Story
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FERMONT left the wharf of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic bound for the West Indies where her owners hoped to operate her as a trading vessel between islands. She hit heavy weather off the southwest coast of Nova Scotia and began to take on water. Her crew beached her on the east side of Seal Island in hope of saving her. They escaped unharmed. However her back was soon broken and engine room flooded by pounding waves. Her fittings were salvaged soon afterwards. A dramatic example of the power of waves at a high energy site fully exposed to the battering of waves, FERMONT's hull broke in half by 1998. The bow lies up on the beach while the stern sits at the low tide mark.
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Vessel Type
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General Cargo, Motor
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Type of Event
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Loss
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Nature of Event
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Beached
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Cause of Event
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Stress of weather
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Date of Wreck
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1991-01-01
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Location
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Seal Island
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Cargo
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Lives Lost
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0
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Voyage from
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Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada
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Voyage to
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West Indies
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Remarks
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Ship Construction
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Built at
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Hessle, Humberside , United Kingdom
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Date
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1945
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Official Number
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180394
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Registered at
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Quebec, Quebec , Canada
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Date
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Propulsion
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Rig
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Details
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Welded construction, flat bottom. Bridge & engine aft.
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