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