Name: | PORT AUGUSTA |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/09/1886 |
Completed: | 11/1886 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 59 |
Dimensions: | 2875grt, 1725nrt, 347.0 x 38.7 x 19.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 74 x 48ins), 379nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 91971 |
History: | |
18/11/1886 | William Milburn & Co, London |
1891 | Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Co, Odessa; renamed CZARITZA |
1915 | Imperial Russian Navy; renamed N75 |
19/10/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 1915: Requisitioned by the Imperial Russian Navy as Black Sea transport N75 |
19/10/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB42, NE of Cape Midia in the Black Sea |
Above photo as PORT AUGUSTA is copyright of Ian Farquahar
Above photo as PORT AUGUSTA
is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 01/10/1886