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Name: PORT HUNTER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/06/1906
Completed: 08/1906
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 410
Dimensions: 4062grt, 2589nrt, 380.5 x 49.1 x 25.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 45 & 74 x 48ins), 442nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 123689
History:
08/1906 W Milburn & Co, London
1914 Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London
02/11/1918 Sank
Comments: TIC launch reports has the launch as 21/06/2906
02/11/1918: Sank after a collision with COVINGTON, 3 miles off Vineyard Haven (Ma)
On a voyage from Boston & New York to French ports carrying general cargo


Jarrow Express, Friday, 29/06/1906