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Name: PORT MELBOURNE
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/09/1892
Completed: 10/1892
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 312
Dimensions: 4670grt, 3011nrt, 360.40 x 48.0 x 26.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (30, 48 & 73 x 54ins), 650nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 13.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 101940
History:
10/1892 Anglo-Australasian Steam Navigation Co Ltd (W Milburn & Co), London
01/1899 Missing
Comments: 27/01/1899: Sailed from New York for London with grain, oil & general cargo
Subsequently posted missing with 52 casualties


Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 09/09/1892