Name: | PORT HUNTER |
Type: | Cargo ship |
Launched: | 24/04/1895 |
Completed: | 09/1895 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 64 |
Dimensions: | 3552grt, 2297nrt, 346.0 x 44.0 x 18.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 45ins), 289nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 105734 |
History: | |
09/1895 | Anglo-Australasian Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Wm Milburn & Co), London |
11/1897 | Gordon Steam Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed DARGAI |
28/08/1914 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 28/08/1914: Wrecked on English Bank in the River Plate |
On a voyage from London to Montevideo carrying coal, iron & general cargo |
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