Name: | PORT ADELAIDE |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 27/08/1919 |
Completed: | 12/1919 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 488 |
Dimensions: | 8422grt, 5350nrt, 481.2 x 62.3 x 33.0ft |
Engines: | 6 x Steam turbines, 2 x (HP, IP & LP), Brown Curtis type, DR geared, 967nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 14.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 143949 |
History: | |
12/12/1919 | Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London |
1938 | Port Line Ltd, London |
21/08/1949 | Broken up |
Comments: | 21/08/1949: Arrived at Inverkeithing for breaking up |
08/1949: Broken up by TW Ward |
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