Name: | CITY OF BRISBANE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/03/1920 |
Completed: | 06/1920 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1063 |
Dimensions: | 7138grt, 4527nrt, 463.6 x 58.8 x 30.9ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, 885nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
Reg Number: | 143641 |
History: | |
01/06/1920 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (Hall Line Ltd), Liverpool |
02/08/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 02/08/1940: Bombed & sunk, 11 miles north of Margate, Thames Estuary |
On a voyage from Port Pirie to London with a cargo of | |
fruit, wool, flour, frozen meat and lead |
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