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Name: PORT KEMBLA
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/03/1920
Completed: 07/1920
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 489
Dimensions: 8435grt, 5350nrt, 481.2 x 62.3 x 33.0ft
Engines: 6 x Steam turbines, 967nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 14.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 144631
History:
07/1920 Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London
08/07/1926 Wrecked
Comments: 08/07/1926: Wrecked on Watling Island, Bahamas
On a voyage from London & Norfolk Va to Lyttelton carrying general cargo


Above photo copyright of the Alexander Turnbull Library

Above photo copyright of Allan C Green

Above photo copyright of Allan C Green