[2] On 2 December 1943 multiple squadrons of German bombers conducted a destructive air assault on Bari Harbour in Italy.

Twenty-eight Allied ships were sunk in the raid with contents of mustard gas in one of their hulls.

The moment the gas spread, the harbour became a poisonous inferno.

The contents of the ship whilst it was stationed at Bari is unknown, but some records suggest medical/oil/ammunition supplies.

Fort ships had a triple expansion steam engine and a single screw propeller.