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Name: PORTHGAIN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/11/1909
Completed: 12/1909
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 415
Dimensions: 286grt, 105nrt, 130.0 x 25.0 x 8.9ft
Engines: C2cyl (16 & 34 x 24ins), 48nhp
Engines by: MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 127071
History:
04/01/1910 United Stone Firms Ltd (W Bryant), Bristol
29/09/1913 Wrecked
Comments: Fitted out at Smith's Dock's South Bank yard
29/09/1913: Wrecked in Jack's Sound, Pembroke
On voyage from Porthgain to Barnstaple with a cargo of road stone