| Name: | PORT MACQUARIE |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 30/05/1912 |
| Completed: | 09/1912 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 456 |
| Dimensions: | 7236grt, 426.0 x 54.1 x 37.3ft |
| Engines: | Q4cyl (27.5, 39, 56 & 81.5 x 54ins), 777nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 135132 |
| History: | |
| 02/09/1912 | Anglo-Australasian Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
| 1914 | Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London |
| 1927 | William Thomas Shipping Co Ltd; renamed CAMBRIAN MARCHIONESS |
| 1928 | CW Kellock & Co Ltd, London |
| 1929 | Clan Line Steamers Ltd (Cayzer, Irvine & Co Ltd, managers); renamed CLAN GRANT |
| 1935 | British & South American Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| 1939 | Stanhope Steamship Co Ltd, London; renamed STANGRANT |
| 13/10/1940 | Sank |
| Comments: | 13/10/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U37, 120 miles NW of St Kilda |
| Part of convoy HX-77 from Hampton Roads to Belfast | |
| Carrying a cargo of steel & scrap metals. 8 lives lost |
Above photo as PORT MACQUARIE is courtesy of John Ingram
Above photo as PORT MACQUARIE is courtesy of Gordon Ross
Above photo as PORT MACQUARIE is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as CLAN GRANT is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as CLAN GRANT is copyright of Alex Duncan
Above photo showing CLAN GRANT with RALPH BROCKLEBANK is copyright of Colin Leonard
Above photo showing CLAN GRANT with STANLOW is copyright of Colin Leonard
Above photo as STANGRANT is copyright of Leslie W Hansen. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return