SS Fort Athabaska was a Canadian-owned Fort ship, sunk while under British naval use in 1943. With the heavy demand for British cargo ships it was given to British naval forces.She was a North Sands type Fort ship built by Burrard Dry Dock of North Vancouver, and completed 15 May 1943.On 2 December 1943 multiple squadrons of German bombers conducted a destructive air assault on Bari Harbour in Italy.