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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