| Name: | PORT HUNTER |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 14/03/1922 |
| Completed: | 10/1922 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 502 |
| Dimensions: | 8430grt, 5288nrt, 481.2 x 62.3 x 33.0ft |
| Engines: | 6 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 967nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 14.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 146641 |
| History: | |
| 28/09/1922 | Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London |
| 1937 | Company restyled as Port Line Ltd, London |
| 11/07/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 11/07/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U582 800 miles west of Morocco |
| On voyage from London to Auckland. Only 3 survivors from 91 on board |
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