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Name: DURHAM launched as PORT PHILLIP
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/02/1904
Completed: 11/1904
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 392
Dimensions: 5561grt, 3550nrt, 420.6 x 54.0 x 28.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (28, 47 & 78 x 54ins), 518nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 118499
History:
11/1904 Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London
1924 Andrea Zanchi fu Giov, Genoa; renamed AUGUSTA
1941 Brazilian Government (Lloyd Brasileiro), Rio de Janeiro
1941 Renamed MINASLOIDE
1950 Ditta Andrea Zanchi, Genoa; renamed AUGUSTA
08/1950 Broken up
Comments: Launched for Anglo-Australasian Steam Navigation Co Ltd
12/1941: Seized by Brazil at Bahia
15/05/1950: Arrived at La Spezia under tow
08/1950: Broken up at La Spezia by Cant di Portovenere


Above photo as DURHAM copyright of Allan Green

Above photo as DURHAM copyright of Allan Green

Shields Daily News, Friday, 19/02/1904