| Name: | PORT LINCOLN |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 03/04/1912 |
| Completed: | 06/1912 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 452 |
| Dimensions: | 7134grt, 4568nrt, 426.0 x 54.1 x 37.3ft |
| Engines: | Q4cyl (27.5, 39, 56 & 81.5 x 54ins), 777nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 132733 |
| History: | |
| 24/06/1912 | W Milburn & Co, London |
| 1914 | Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London |
| 1927 | William Thomas Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed CAMBRIAN BARONESS |
| 1929 | CW Kellock & Co Ltd, London |
| 1930 | The Clan Line Steamers Ltd, Glasgow; renamed CLAN GRAHAM |
| 1935 | British & South American Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| 1938 | Neill & Pandelis Ltd, London; renamed MARITIMA |
| 02/11/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 600 x emigrants |
| 02/11/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U522 400 miles east of Newfoundland | |
| On a voyage from New York to Glasgow carrying explosives & general cargo | |
| 32 crew died |
Above photo as PORT LINCOLN is copyright of Allan Green. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo of PORT LINCOLN, loaded with troops in 1916, is copyright of JE Barnes
Above photo as PORT LINCOLN is courtesy of Brent Chalmers
Above photo as CLAN GRAHAM is courtesy of Clive Ketley. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Saturday, 06/04/1912