Name: | EMPIRE PORTIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 09/11/1942 |
Completed: | 01/1943 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1714 |
Dimensions: | 7058grt, 4802nrt, 10000dwt, 431.6 x 56.2 x 34.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 39 & 66 x 45ins), 512nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Reg Number: | 165851 |
History: | |
05/12/1942 | Ministry of War Transport (Common Bros Ltd, managers), Newcastle |
1944 | Ministry of War Transport, Newcastle |
1944 | Broken up |
Comments: | 29/06/1944: Mined or torpedoed 50 miles SE of Portsmouth |
Taken in tow, but tow parted & grounded on Peel Bank, near Ryde, IOW | |
Broken in two & fwd section towed to Falmouth for breaking up | |
Aft section towed to Briton Ferry for breaking up |