Name: | PORT AUGUSTA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/08/1906 |
Completed: | 09/1906 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 411 |
Dimensions: | 4063grt, 2587nrt, 380.6 x 49.1 x 25.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 74 x 48ins), 443nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 123696 |
History: | |
03/09/1906 | Anglo-Australasian Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Wm Milburn & Co), London |
1914 | Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London |
1925 | William Thomas Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed CAMBRIAN COUNTESS |
25/06/1931 | Broken up |
Comments: | 02/05/1916: Attacked by a surfaced U-Boat in the Bay of Biscay, but managed to escape |
25/06/1931: Arrived at Bo'ness to be broken up by P & W MacLellan |
Above photo as PORT AUGUSTA is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo as PORT AUGUSTA is copyright of Allan Green
Above photo as PORT AUGUSTA is courtesy of George Robinson
Above photo as CAMBRIAN COUNTESS is courtesy of Richard Cox