Name: | INDRAPURA |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/10/1911 |
Completed: | 11/1911 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 887 |
Dimensions: | 8144grt, 5147nrt, 490.6 x 61.3 x 32.4ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 66 x 48ins), 931nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 131403 |
History: | |
30/11/1911 | Indra Line Ltd (TB Royden), Liverpool |
1914 | Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London |
1916 | Renamed PORT ADELAIDE |
03/02/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 03/02/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U81, 330 miles WxN of Brest |
On a voyage from London to Sydney NSW |
Above photo as INDRAPURA is copyright of the David Little collection
Newcastle (NSW) Morning Herald, Tuesday, 06/02/1912
Image courtesy of Kerry Powell