Name: | PORT GISBORNE |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 30/04/1927 |
Completed: | 08/1927 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1295 |
Dimensions: | 8001grt, 4952nrt, 477.2 x 63.3 x 31.0ft |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, 4cyl (580 x 2318mm), 1281nhp |
Engines by: | William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 14.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 149874 |
History: | |
27/07/1927 | Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London |
1938 | Port Line Ltd, London |
11/10/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/10/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U48, 300nm W of Rockall |
On a voyage from Auckland to Cardiff with wool, refrigerated & general cargo |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is copyright of Allan C Green
Above photo is copyright of Allan C Green
Above photo is courtesy of Stuart Smith