| Name: | PORT HARDY |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 19/10/1922 |
| Completed: | 02/1923 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 503 |
| Dimensions: | 8653grt, 5396nrt, 481.2 x 62.3 x 33.0ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (22.5, 38 & 63.5 x 48ins), 1038nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 14.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 146697 |
| History: | |
| 30/01/1923 | Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London |
| 1937 | Company restyled as Port Line Ltd, London |
| 28/04/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | 28/04/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U96 200 miles south of Iceland |
| On voyage from Wellington to Avonmouth carrying food & general cargo | |
| 1 crew member died |
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