Name: | PORT BRISBANE |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/07/1948 |
Completed: | 02/1949 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1763 |
Dimensions: | 11942grt, 6836nrt, 11877dwt, 538.4 x 70.3 x 30.7ft |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 6cyl (670 x 2320mm), 2674mn |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 17.0knots |
Reg Number: | 182957 |
History: | |
02/1949 | Port Line Ltd, London |
02/11/1975 | Broken up |
Comments: | 02/11/1975: Arrived at Hong Kong for breaking up by Loy Kee |
Above: Launch day. Photo courtesy of Kevin Blair
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