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Name: PORT VICTOR
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/08/1885
Completed: 10/1885
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 261
Dimensions: 2793grt, 1826nrt, 336.0 x 38.2 x 27.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 400nhp
Engines by: Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 91872
History:
01/10/1885 W Milburn & Co, London
1898 United States Government - Army; renamed McCLELLAN
1917 United Sates Shipping Board, New York
1920 Lloyd Royal Belge SA, Antwerp; renamed HASTIER
12/1922 Broken up
Comments: 1885: Trading as Anglo-Australian Steam Navigation Co
Accommodation for 32 x passengers with tween deck space for more
c1891: Converted to cargo only & refrigeration machinery installed
1898: Refrigeration machinery removed and used and a US Army transport
1914: Converted back into a refrigerated cargo ship
27/10/1920: Arrived at Antwerp with a fire on board
03/11/1920: Still on fire and sank at Antwerp
1921: Refloated and laid up
12/1922: Sold for breaking up to Société Métallurgique de Merxem


Above photo as PORT VICTOR is copyright of Ian Farquahar

Above photo as McCLELLAN is copyright of the US Government

Newcastle Morning Herald, Friday, 25/12/1885