Fort Battle River
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| Name | Fort Battle River | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant (North Sands) | ||
| Tonnage | 7.133 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd, North Vancouver | ||
| Owner | John Cory & Sons Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Mar, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-410 (Horst-Arno Fenski) | ||
| Position | 36.33N, 10.22W - Grid CG 8511 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 65 (0 dead and 65 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | KMS-10 | ||
| Route | Liverpool - Bougie, Algeria | ||
| Cargo | 3000 tons of government stores | ||
| History | Completed July 1942 for US War Shipping Administration (WSA), lend-leased on bareboat charter to British Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.20 hours on 6 Mar, 1943, U-410 attacked the convoy KMS-10 west of Gibraltar and reported two ships damaged and one possible hit on a third ship. In fact, the Fort Battle River was sunk and the Fort Paskoyac was damaged. The master Albert Victor Parkinson Turnbull, 45 crew members, 10 gunners and nine passengers (army personnel) from the Fort Battle River were picked up by the Canadian corvette HMCS Shediac (K 110) (Lt J.E. Clayton) and the British merchant Empire Flamingo and landed at Gibraltar. | ||
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