Name: | PORT AUCKLAND |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 04/10/1948 |
Completed: | 04/1949 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 693 |
Dimensions: | 12017dwt, 11945grt, 6817nrt, 538.4 x 70.3 x 30.7ft |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 6cyl (670 x 2320mm), 2704mn |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd, St Peter's, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 17.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 183007 |
History: | |
22/04/1949 | Port Line Ltd, London |
1976 | Gulf Fisheries Co, Kuwait; renamed MASHAALLAH |
30/09/1979 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1976: Converted to a livestock carrier (10244grt) |
30/09/1979: Broken up by Chien Cheng Iron & Steel Co at Kaohsiung |
Above photo as PORT AUCKLAND is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as PORT AUCKLAND is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as PORT AUCKLAND is copyright of the Alexander Turnbull Library
Above photo as PORT AUCKLAND is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as PORT AUCKLAND is copyright of JK Byass
Above photo as MASHAALLAH is copyright of Chris Howell