Name: | PORT KEMBLA |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 20/03/1920 |
Completed: | 07/1920 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 489 |
Dimensions: | 8435grt, 5350nrt, 481.2 x 62.3 x 33.0ft |
Engines: | 6 x Steam turbines, 967nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 14.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 144631 |
History: | |
07/1920 | Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London |
08/07/1926 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 08/07/1926: Wrecked on Watling Island, Bahamas |
On a voyage from London & Norfolk Va to Lyttelton carrying general cargo |
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Above photo copyright of Allan C Green